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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MITRIDAE: IMBRICARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Mitroidea (Superfamily)
> Mitridae (Family)
> Imbricariinae (Subfamily)
> Imbricaria (Genus)
> cernohorskyi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Conoelix Swainson, 1821
Synonymised Names:
=Cancilla (Ziba) cernohorskyi (Rehder & Wilson, 1975)
=Mitra cernohorskyi (Rehder & Wilson, 1975)
=Ziba cernohorskyi Rehder & B. R. Wilson, 1975 (original combination)
Images: Imbricaria cernohorskyi (Rehder & Wilson, 1975)
Off Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands. 50.6mm
Off Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands. 29.3mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MITRIDAE: IMBRICARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Mitroidea (Superfamily)
> Mitridae (Family)
> Imbricariinae (Subfamily)
> Imbricaria (Genus)
> cernohorskyi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Conoelix Swainson, 1821
Synonymised Names:
=Cancilla (Ziba) cernohorskyi (Rehder & Wilson, 1975)
=Mitra cernohorskyi (Rehder & Wilson, 1975)
=Ziba cernohorskyi Rehder & B. R. Wilson, 1975 (original combination)
Details: Imbricaria cernohorskyi (Rehder & Wilson, 1975)
Size/Grows to:
Height 28mm
Distribution:
South-central and south-western Pacific and Kermadec Islands, from 15-48m
Type Data:
  • 80-100 metres, off NW corner of Pitcairn Island, South Pacific Ocean, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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.226)
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978 New records of neogastropod Mollusca from the Kermadec Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 15 (p.60)
  • Rehder, H.A., Wilson, B. 1975 New species of marine mollusks from Pitcairn Island and the Marquesas, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 203 (p.13) Original Description

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