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Taxonomy
Family:
MATHILDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Mathildoidea (Superfamily)
> Mathildidae (Family)
> Tuba (Genus)
> valkyrie (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Gegania Jeffreys, 1884
=Kaitangata Finlay & Marwick, 1937
=Mathilda (Gegania) Jeffreys, 1884
=Tubena Marwick, 1943 (basionym)
Synonymised Names:
=Gegania valkyrie Powell, 1971
Images: Tuba valkyrie (Powell, 1971)
Holotype, trawled in 366-475 metres, off Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA71328). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
MATHILDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Mathildoidea (Superfamily)
> Mathildidae (Family)
> Tuba (Genus)
> valkyrie (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Gegania Jeffreys, 1884
=Kaitangata Finlay & Marwick, 1937
=Mathilda (Gegania) Jeffreys, 1884
=Tubena Marwick, 1943 (basionym)
Synonymised Names:
=Gegania valkyrie Powell, 1971
Details: Tuba valkyrie (Powell, 1971)
Size/Grows to:
Height 14mm, Width 9mm
Distribution:
North Island. Off Poor Knights Islands in 329 metres
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.250)
  • Climo, F.M. 1975 The anatomy of Gegania valkyrie Powell (Mollusca: Hetergastropoda: Mathildidae) with notes on other Heterogastropods, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 5(3) (p.275)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1971 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 7, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 8 (p.210) 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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