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Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Nepotilla (Genus)
> paucicostata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Stilla paucicostata Powell, 1937
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Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Nepotilla (Genus)
> paucicostata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Stilla paucicostata Powell, 1937
Details: Nepotilla paucicostata (Powell, 1937)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.7mm, Width 0.95mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, off Cape Reinga, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 13-805m
Type Data:
  • 260 metres, off Three Kings Islands, 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.243)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.218) 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