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Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Cirsotrema (Genus)
> forresti (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cirsotrema (Tioria) Marwick, 1928
=Scala (Cirsotrema) Mörch, 1852
=Scalaria (Cirsotrema) Mörch, 1852
=Tioria Marwick, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Cirsotrema (Tioria) forresti Dell, 1956
Images: Cirsotrema forresti Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected 20 May 1952, off Cape Kidnappers, NZ (M.008558). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Cirsotrema (Genus)
> forresti (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cirsotrema (Tioria) Marwick, 1928
=Scala (Cirsotrema) Mörch, 1852
=Scalaria (Cirsotrema) Mörch, 1852
=Tioria Marwick, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Cirsotrema (Tioria) forresti Dell, 1956
Details: Cirsotrema forresti Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Height 7mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
Eastern and south-western North Island, eastern South Island, Auckland and Bounty Islands, and Chatham Rise, from 113-939m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Weil, A., Brown, L., Neville, B. 1999 The Wentletrap Book: Guide to the Recent Epitoniidae of the World, Evolver, Arti Grafiche La Moderna, Rome (p.26)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.252)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 Some new off-shore Mollusca from New Zealand., Records of the Dominion Museum, 3(1) (p.40) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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