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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Macrozafra (Genus)
> subabnormis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Clathurella subabnormis Suter, 1899
=Columbella saxatilis R. Murdoch, 1905
Images: Macrozafra subabnormis (Suter, 1899)
Syntype of Columbella saxatilis Murdoch, 1905, collected Takapuna, Auckland, NZ (M.001796). 6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
In beach drift, Marfells Beach, W of Cape Campbell, NZ. 4.5mm
Collected from shell sand, off Northland, NZ
Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Macrozafra (Genus)
> subabnormis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Clathurella subabnormis Suter, 1899
=Columbella saxatilis R. Murdoch, 1905
Details: Macrozafra subabnormis (Suter, 1899)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
Northland to Cook Strait, Fiordland and Chatham Islands in shallow water
Geographical Range:
ACME.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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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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