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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NASSARIIDAE: NASSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Nassariidae (Family)
> Nassariinae (Subfamily)
> Nassarius (Genus)
> himeroessa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alectrion Montfort, 1810
=Niotha H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Nassa (Alectryon) himeroessa Melvill & Standen, 1903
=Nassa innocens Thiele, 1925
=Nassarius (Alectrion) himeroessa (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
=Nassarius (Niotha) himeroessa (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NASSARIIDAE: NASSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Nassariidae (Family)
> Nassariinae (Subfamily)
> Nassarius (Genus)
> himeroessa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alectrion Montfort, 1810
=Niotha H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Nassa (Alectryon) himeroessa Melvill & Standen, 1903
=Nassa innocens Thiele, 1925
=Nassarius (Alectrion) himeroessa (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
=Nassarius (Niotha) himeroessa (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Details: Nassarius himeroessa (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Size/Grows to:
Height 6.4mm
Distribution:
Off Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978 New records of neogastropod Mollusca from the Kermadec Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 15 (p.57)

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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