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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
VOLUTIDAE: CALLIOTECTINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Volutidae (Family)
> Calliotectinae (Subfamily)
> Calliotectum (Genus)
> egregium (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mangilia (Calliotectum) Dall, 1890
Images: Calliotectum egregium Bouchet & Poppe, 1995
Holotype, off New Caledonia (MNHN-IM-2000-325). 126.5mm. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Colville Ridge, off Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ. Image: K. Walton, rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
VOLUTIDAE: CALLIOTECTINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Volutidae (Family)
> Calliotectinae (Subfamily)
> Calliotectum (Genus)
> egregium (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mangilia (Calliotectum) Dall, 1890
Details: Calliotectum egregium Bouchet & Poppe, 1995
Size/Grows to:
Height 126.5mm, Width 38.5mm
Distribution:
SW Pacific 500-1060 metres.Off New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Vanuatu and Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Bouchet, P., Poppe, G.T. 1995 A review of the deep-water volute genus Calliotectum (Gastropoda: Volutidae). Resultats des Campagnes Musorstom volume 14, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 167 (p.507) Original Description

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
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