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Taxonomy
Family:
AUSTROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Austrosiphonidae (Family)
> Antarctoneptunea (Genus)
> aurora (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fusitriton antarcticus Powell, 1958
=Fusitriton aurora Hedley, 1916
Images: Antarctoneptunea aurora (Hedley, 1916)
Ross Sea, Antarctica, 525-537 metres. ~64mm. © Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Ross Sea, Antarctica, 430-433 metres. ~93mm. © Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Taxonomy
Family:
AUSTROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Austrosiphonidae (Family)
> Antarctoneptunea (Genus)
> aurora (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fusitriton antarcticus Powell, 1958
=Fusitriton aurora Hedley, 1916
Details: Antarctoneptunea aurora (Hedley, 1916)
Distribution:
Ross Sea, Antarctica
Geographical Range:
An
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Vaux, F., Hills, S.F.K., Marshall, B.A., Trewick, S.A., Morgan-Richards, M. 2017 A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 114 (p.369)
  • Hedley, C. 1916 Mollusca. Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–1914. Under the Leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson, D. Sc., B. E.,, Scientific Results Series C.-Zoology and Botany, 1 (p.55) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
*93 © Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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