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Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOMELATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudomelatomidae (Family)
> Antimelatoma (Genus)
> eremita (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Leucosyrinx eremita (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
=Liratilia eremita (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
=Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) eremita Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Pleurotoma eremita Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Images: Antimelatoma eremita (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Holotype of Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) eremita, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.001718). 8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOMELATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudomelatomidae (Family)
> Antimelatoma (Genus)
> eremita (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Leucosyrinx eremita (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
=Liratilia eremita (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
=Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) eremita Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Pleurotoma eremita Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Details: Antimelatoma eremita (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 8mm
Distribution:
Eastern North Island, Palliser Bay and off Otago Peninsula, from 70-340m
Type Data:
  • 200 metres, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype of Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) eremita Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Kantor, Yuri, Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N. 2025 Revision of the Indo-Pacific species of the genus Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889 (Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae), European Journal of Taxonomy, 999 (p.109)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.190)
  • Murdoch, R., Suter, H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.287) 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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