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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)
> Neocancilla (Genus)
> takiisaoi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mitra (Neocancilla) Cernohorsky, 1970
Synonymised Names:
=Mitra (Scabricola) takiisaoi Kuroda, 1959
=Mitra takiisaoi Kuroda, 1959
Images: Neocancilla takiisaoi (Kuroda, 1959)
Off Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands. 45.6mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MITRIDAE: IMBRICARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Mitroidea (Superfamily)
> Mitridae (Family)
> Imbricariinae (Subfamily)
> Neocancilla (Genus)
> takiisaoi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mitra (Neocancilla) Cernohorsky, 1970
Synonymised Names:
=Mitra (Scabricola) takiisaoi Kuroda, 1959
=Mitra takiisaoi Kuroda, 1959
Details: Neocancilla takiisaoi (Kuroda, 1959)
Size/Grows to:
Height 49mm
Distribution:
From Japan to Taiwan, New Caledonia, off Lord Howe Island, and Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, from 0-70m
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)
  • Kuroda, T. 1959 Descriptions of new species of marine shells from Japan, Venus, 20(4) (p.326) 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
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