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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)
> Maurea (Genus)
> granti (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alertalex Dell, 1956
=Calliostoma (Calliotropis) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Maurea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Mauriella) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliotropis W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calotropis Thiele, 1929
=Maurea (Alertalex) Dell, 1956
=Maurea (Mucrinops) Finlay, 1926
=Mauriella W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Mucrinops Finlay, 1926
=Venustas Finlay, 1926
=Venustas (Mucrinops) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Calliostoma (Maurea) granti (Powell, 1931)
=Calliostoma granti (Powell, 1931)
=Maurea (Mucrinops) granti Powell, 1931
=Maurea (Mucrinops) punctulata ampla Powell, 1939
=Venustas punctulata multigemmata Powell, 1952
Images: Maurea granti Powell, 1931
From Breaksea Sound, Fiordland, NZ. 37mm
From Dusky Sound, Fiordland, NZ. 26mm
From off Lyttelton, Christchurch, NZ. 37mm
Collected in 108 metres, off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA71439). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, fossil Lower Pliocene, collected Waihi Beach, Hawera, Taranaki, NZ (MA70449). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Maurea (Mucrinops) punctulata ampla Powell, collected Mason Bay, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70450). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected in 108 metres, off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA71185). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: CALLIOSTOMATINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Calliostomatinae (Subfamily)
> Maurea (Genus)
> granti (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alertalex Dell, 1956
=Calliostoma (Calliotropis) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Maurea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Mauriella) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliotropis W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calotropis Thiele, 1929
=Maurea (Alertalex) Dell, 1956
=Maurea (Mucrinops) Finlay, 1926
=Mauriella W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Mucrinops Finlay, 1926
=Venustas Finlay, 1926
=Venustas (Mucrinops) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Calliostoma (Maurea) granti (Powell, 1931)
=Calliostoma granti (Powell, 1931)
=Maurea (Mucrinops) granti Powell, 1931
=Maurea (Mucrinops) punctulata ampla Powell, 1939
=Venustas punctulata multigemmata Powell, 1952
Details: Maurea granti Powell, 1931
Size/Grows to:
Height 45mm, Width 42mm
Distribution:
North Island, south of East Cape, South, Stewart Snares, Auckland, Campbell and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
CFMAnE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Raven, J.L. Nov/2011 Notes on New Zealand collected species, Cookia, 23 (p.18)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1995 A revision of the Recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea), The Nautilus, 108(4) (p.90)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.62)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1931 Waitotaran faunules of the Wanganui System: and descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the New Zealand Pliocene, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1 (p.97) 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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