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Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOMELATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudomelatomidae (Family)
> Antimelatoma (Genus)
> buchanani (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Antimelatoma ahiparana Powell, 1942
=Antimelatoma benthicola Powell, 1942
=Antimelatoma buchanani maorum (E.A. Smith, 1877)
=Drillia maorum E.A. Smith, 1877
=Pleurotoma buchanani Hutton, 1873
Images: Antimelatoma buchanani (E.A. Smith, 1877)
In beach drift, Northland. 20mm
Holotype of Antimelatoma ahiparana Powell, 1942, trawled in 42 metres, off Ahipara, Ninety Mile Beach, Far North, NZ (MA72181). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOMELATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudomelatomidae (Family)
> Antimelatoma (Genus)
> buchanani (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Antimelatoma ahiparana Powell, 1942
=Antimelatoma benthicola Powell, 1942
=Antimelatoma buchanani maorum (E.A. Smith, 1877)
=Drillia maorum E.A. Smith, 1877
=Pleurotoma buchanani Hutton, 1873
Details: Antimelatoma buchanani (E.A. Smith, 1877)
Size/Grows to:
Height 20mm, Width 6mm
Distribution:
Northland to East Cape
Geographical Range:
ACFE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G. 2011 Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 4. Gastropoda (Ptenoglossa, Neogastropoda, Heterobranchia), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 41 (p.87)
  • Morley, M.S. Nov/1980 Oneroa, Waiheke Island, Poirieria, 10(6) (p.99)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.231)
  • Feb/1977 Antimelatoma buchanani maorum, Poirieria, 8(6)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum, Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington Original Description

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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