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Taxonomy
Family:
AMATHINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Amathinidae (Family)
> Leucotina (Genus)
> casta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Actaeon (Leucotina) A. Adams, 1860
=Adelactaeon Cossmann, 1895
=Leucotina (Adelactaeon) Cossmann, 1895
=Myonia A. Adams, 1860 Invalid junior homonym of Myonia Dana, 1847
Synonymised Names:
=Actaeon dianae A. Adams, 1855
=Acteon dianae (A. Adams, 1855)
=Acteon huttoni Cossmann, 1895
=Odostomia gigantea Dunker, 1877
=Odostomia sulcata Hutton, 1885
=Tenuiactaeon ambiguus (Hutton, 1885)
Images: Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853)
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Taxonomy
Family:
AMATHINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Amathinidae (Family)
> Leucotina (Genus)
> casta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Actaeon (Leucotina) A. Adams, 1860
=Adelactaeon Cossmann, 1895
=Leucotina (Adelactaeon) Cossmann, 1895
=Myonia A. Adams, 1860 Invalid junior homonym of Myonia Dana, 1847
Synonymised Names:
=Actaeon dianae A. Adams, 1855
=Acteon dianae (A. Adams, 1855)
=Acteon huttoni Cossmann, 1895
=Odostomia gigantea Dunker, 1877
=Odostomia sulcata Hutton, 1885
=Tenuiactaeon ambiguus (Hutton, 1885)
Details: Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853)
Size/Grows to:
Height 14mm
Distribution:
Western Pacific, Northern NZ
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G. 2004 Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 34 (p.225)
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.369)
  • Adams, A. 1853 Descriptions of new shells, from the Cumingian collection, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 19 (p.223) Original Description

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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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