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Taxonomy
Family:
PTYCHATRACTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Ptychatractidae (Family)
> Egestas (Genus)
> waitei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Vexillum waitei Suter, 1909
Images: Egestas waitei (Suter, 1909)
Dredged in 500 metres, Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ
Taxonomy
Family:
PTYCHATRACTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Ptychatractidae (Family)
> Egestas (Genus)
> waitei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Vexillum waitei Suter, 1909
Details: Egestas waitei (Suter, 1909)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
Eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 87-549m
Type Data:
  • NE of Wreck Reef, Stewart Island, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.207)
  • Suter, H. 1909 Scientific results of the New Zealand government trawling expedition, 1908. Mollusca., Records of the Canterbury Museum, 1 (p.124) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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