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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIMITRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Mitroidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramimitridae (Family)
> Hortia (Genus)
> aotearoa (Species)
Images: Hortia aotearoa Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIMITRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Mitroidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramimitridae (Family)
> Hortia (Genus)
> aotearoa (Species)
Details: Hortia aotearoa Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
Distribution:
W. of White Island, Bay of Plenty
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Kantor, Y.I., Lozouet, P., Puillandre, N., Bouchet, P. 2014 Lost and found: The Eocene family Pyramimitridae (Neogastropoda) discovered in the Recent fauna of the Indo-Pacific, Zootaxa, 3754 (p.263) Original Description

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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