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Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Amaea (Genus)
> thielei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Scala (Amaea) thielei de Boury, 1913
=Scala thielei de Boury, 1913
=Scalaria picturata Yokoyama, 1922
Images: Amaea thielei (Boury, 1913)
Holotype, collected Philippines (MNHN-IM-2000-4335). 22.5mm. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Amaea (Genus)
> thielei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Scala (Amaea) thielei de Boury, 1913
=Scala thielei de Boury, 1913
=Scalaria picturata Yokoyama, 1922
Details: Amaea thielei (Boury, 1913)
Size/Grows to:
Height 30mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Nakayama, T. 2003 A Review of Northwest Pacific Epitoniids (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae), Monographs of Marine Mollusca, Backhuys, Leiden, Netherlands, 6 (p.19)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.224)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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