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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: CALLIOSTOMATINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Calliostomatinae (Subfamily)
> Maurea (Genus)
> simulans (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alertalex Dell, 1956
=Calliostoma (Calliotropis) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Maurea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Mauriella) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliotropis W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calotropis Thiele, 1929
=Maurea (Alertalex) Dell, 1956
=Maurea (Mucrinops) Finlay, 1926
=Mauriella W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Mucrinops Finlay, 1926
=Venustas Finlay, 1926
=Venustas (Mucrinops) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Calliostoma (Maurea) simulans B.A. Marshall, 1994
=Calliostoma simulans B.A. Marshall, 1994
Images: Maurea simulans (B.A. Marshall, 1994)
Trawled in 500-600 metres, Chatham Rise, NZ. © rights reserved
Trawled in 500-600 metres, Chatham Rise, NZ. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected 27 Sep 1976, head of Pegasus Canyon, NE of Banks Peninsula, NZ (M.087450). ~30mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: CALLIOSTOMATINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Calliostomatinae (Subfamily)
> Maurea (Genus)
> simulans (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alertalex Dell, 1956
=Calliostoma (Calliotropis) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Maurea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Mauriella) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliotropis W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calotropis Thiele, 1929
=Maurea (Alertalex) Dell, 1956
=Maurea (Mucrinops) Finlay, 1926
=Mauriella W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Mucrinops Finlay, 1926
=Venustas Finlay, 1926
=Venustas (Mucrinops) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Calliostoma (Maurea) simulans B.A. Marshall, 1994
=Calliostoma simulans B.A. Marshall, 1994
Details: Maurea simulans (B.A. Marshall, 1994)
Size/Grows to:
Height 61mm, Width 58mm
Distribution:
Southern North Island as far north as Mahia Peninsula, south-eastern South Island and western Chatham Rise, from 188-642m
Type Data:
  • 180-330 metres, Pegasus Canyon wall, NE of Banks Peninsula, NZ, (paratype)
  • 340-400 metres, Pegasus Canyon, NE of Banks Peninsula, NZ, (paratype)
  • 450 metres, Head of Pegasus Canyon, NE of Banks Peninsula, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1995 A revision of the Recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea), The Nautilus, 108(4) (p.103)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1994 A new species of Calliostoma from New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea), Molluscan Research, 15 (p.68) 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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