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Taxonomy
Family:
TUDICLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Aeneator (Genus)
> recens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aeneator (Aeneator) Finlay, 1926
=Aeneator (Ellicea) Finlay, 1928
=Aeneator (Pittella) Marwick, 1928
=Ellicea Finlay, 1928
=Ellicea (Pittella) Marwick, 1928
=Pittella Marwick, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Aeneator (Ellicea) recens (Dell, 1951)
=Ellicea recens Dell, 1951
Images: Aeneator recens (Dell, 1951)
Collected in 150-200 metres, Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ
Collected in 150-200 metres, Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ
Off Chatham Rise
Collected Oct 1995, NE slope of Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.127027). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
TUDICLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Aeneator (Genus)
> recens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aeneator (Aeneator) Finlay, 1926
=Aeneator (Ellicea) Finlay, 1928
=Aeneator (Pittella) Marwick, 1928
=Ellicea Finlay, 1928
=Ellicea (Pittella) Marwick, 1928
=Pittella Marwick, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Aeneator (Ellicea) recens (Dell, 1951)
=Ellicea recens Dell, 1951
Details: Aeneator recens (Dell, 1951)
Size/Grows to:
Height 61mm, Width 31mm
Distribution:
South Island, off Eastern Otago and Chatham Rise
Geographical Range:
CFME.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.202)
  • Dell, R.K. 1951 A Deep Water Molluscan Fauna from off Banks Peninsula, Records of the Canterbury Museum, 6(1) (p.55) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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