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Taxonomy
Family:
SILIQUARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Siliquariidae (Family)
> Tenagodus (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Agathirses Montfort, 1808
=Anguinaria Schumacher, 1817
=Pyxipoma Mörch, 1861
=Siliquaria Bruguière, 1789
=Tenagodes P. Fischer, 1885
=Tenagodus (Tenagodus) Guettard, 1770
Synonymised Names:
=Siliquaria maoria Powell, 1940
Images: Tenagodus maoria (Powell, 1940)
Found buried in sponges, off Northland, NZ. 23mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
SILIQUARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Siliquariidae (Family)
> Tenagodus (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Agathirses Montfort, 1808
=Anguinaria Schumacher, 1817
=Pyxipoma Mörch, 1861
=Siliquaria Bruguière, 1789
=Tenagodes P. Fischer, 1885
=Tenagodus (Tenagodus) Guettard, 1770
Synonymised Names:
=Siliquaria maoria Powell, 1940
Details: Tenagodus maoria (Powell, 1940)
Size/Grows to:
Length 50mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, and western South Island, from 23-300m
Type Data:
  • 260 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.130)
  • Gardner, N.W. Sep/1963 Notes of Interest: Siliquaria maoria, Poirieria, 1(5)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1940 The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 (p.231) 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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