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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)
> waikanae (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 (Calliotropis) waikanae W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Maurea) waikanae W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma waikanae W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Maurea pellucida morioria Powell, 1946
=Venustas pellucida forsteriana Dell, 1950
=Venustas pellucida haurakiensis Dell, 1950
Images: Maurea waikanae (W.R.B. Oliver, 1926)
From shallow water, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 41mm. © rights reserved
(forsteriana form) - From Foveaux Strait, NZ. 55mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Venustas pellucida morioria Powell, Owenga Chatham Islands, NZ (MA71037). 55mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: CALLIOSTOMATINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Calliostomatinae (Subfamily)
> Maurea (Genus)
> waikanae (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 (Calliotropis) waikanae W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Maurea) waikanae W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma waikanae W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Maurea pellucida morioria Powell, 1946
=Venustas pellucida forsteriana Dell, 1950
=Venustas pellucida haurakiensis Dell, 1950
Details: Maurea waikanae (W.R.B. Oliver, 1926)
Size/Grows to:
Width 57mm, Height 49mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 0-805m
Type Data:
  • W of Channel Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (paratype of Venustas pellucida haurakiensis Dell, 1950)
  • Waikanae Beach, NZ, (holotype)
  • Off Owenga, Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype of Venustas pellucida morioria Powell, 1946)
  • Owenga, Chatham Islands, NZ, (paratype of Venustas pellucida morioria Powell, 1946)
  • Preservation Inlet, Fiordland, NZ, (type of Venustas pellucida forsteriana Dell, 1950)
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.112)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.62)
  • Oliver, W.R.B. 1926 New Zealand Species of Calliostoma, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 17(1) (p.111) 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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