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Taxonomy
Family:
COLLONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Colloniidae (Family)
> Collonista (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Homalopoma benthicola (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
=Leptothyra benthicola B.A. Marshall, 1979
Images: Collonista benthicola (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
Holotype, collected 28 October 1975, SE of Nugent Island, Raoul Island, NZ (M.230821). 4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
COLLONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Colloniidae (Family)
> Collonista (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Homalopoma benthicola (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
=Leptothyra benthicola B.A. Marshall, 1979
Details: Collonista benthicola (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.0mm, Width 3.85mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, from 100-195m
Type Data:
  • 140-170 metres, SE of Nugent Island, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (holotype)
  • E of Dayrell Islet, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 275-220 metres, SE of d'Arcy Point, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 80-100 metres, SE of Smith Bluff, off Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1979 The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 6(4) (p.550) 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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