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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)
> berniceae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alectrion Montfort, 1810
=Niotha H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Nassarius berniceae Willan & Beechey, 2015
=Nassarius gaudiosus of authors, not Hinds
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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)
> berniceae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alectrion Montfort, 1810
=Niotha H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Nassarius berniceae Willan & Beechey, 2015
=Nassarius gaudiosus of authors, not Hinds
Details: Nassarius berniceae Willan & Beechey, 2015
Size/Grows to:
Height 25mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Willan, R.C., Beechey, D. 2015 Description of Nassarius berniceae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nassariidae): a new species of shallow water whelk endemic to the Kermadec Islands, Bulletin of the Auckland Museum, 20 (p.341) Original Description
  • 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.225)

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