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Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> stewarti (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Images: Austromitra stewarti Marshall & Marrow, 2021
Holotype, collected off Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.321002). 3.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (all rights reserved)
Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> stewarti (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Details: Austromitra stewarti Marshall & Marrow, 2021
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.35mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, from 23-38m
Type Data:
  • Arch Pinnacle, Princes Rocks, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
  • 23 metres, off Hinemoa Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Marrow, M.P. 2021 The living Austromitra species of New Zealand (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Costellariidae), Novapex, 22(3) (p.67) 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
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