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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: CALLIOSTOMATINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Calliostomatinae (Subfamily)
> Venustatrochus (Genus)
> eclectus (Species)
Images: Venustatrochus eclectus B.A. Marshall, 2016
Trawled in 1000 metres, off Auckland Islands, NZ. 22mm
Trawled in 1000 metres, off Auckland Islands, NZ. 22mm
Trawled in 1000 metres, off Auckland Islands, NZ. 21mm
Trawled in 1000 metres, off Auckland Islands, NZ. 21mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: CALLIOSTOMATINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Calliostomatinae (Subfamily)
> Venustatrochus (Genus)
> eclectus (Species)
Details: Venustatrochus eclectus B.A. Marshall, 2016
Size/Grows to:
Width 24.1mm, Height 23.7mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Ridge, Three Kings Rise, Reinga Ridge, Aotea Seamount, southeast North Island, Chatham Rise, Louisville Ridge and Macquarie Ridge, 750-1287 metres
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2016 New species of Venustatrochus Powell, 1951 from New Zealand, and new species of Falsimargarita Powell, 1951 and a new genus of the Calliostomatidae from the southwest Pacific, with comments on some other calliostomatid genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Molluscan Research, 36(2) (p.124) 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