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Taxonomy
Family:
RANELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Ranellidae (Family)
> Ranella (Genus)
> australasia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Argobuccinum (Ranella) Lamarck, 1816
=Eugyrina Dall, 1904
=Gyrina Schumacher, 1817
=Gyrinopsis Dall, 1925
=Mayena Iredale, 1917
=Ranella (Apollon) Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Biplex australasia Perry, 1811
=Mayena australasia (Perry, 1811)
=Mayena australasia australasia Perry, 1811
=Mayena australasia benthicola Iredale, 1929
=Mayena australasia blacki Powell, 1954
=Mayena australasia vossi Powell, 1952
=Mayena euclia Cotton, 1945
=Mayena kurtzei Cotton, 1957
=Mayena zelandica Finlay, 1926
=Ranella australasia australasia (Perry, 1811)
=Ranella leucostoma Lamarck, 1822
Images: Ranella australasia (Perry, 1811)
Off Three Kings Islands, NZ. 93mm. © rights reserved
Shallow water, Parengarenga Harbour, Far North, NZ. 67mm. © rights reserved
Intertidal, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. © rights reserved
Holotype of Mayena australasia blacki Powell, off Otago, NZ (MA71199). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Mayena australasia vossi Powell, off Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA71186). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Mayena zelandica Finlay, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA70453). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
RANELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Ranellidae (Family)
> Ranella (Genus)
> australasia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Argobuccinum (Ranella) Lamarck, 1816
=Eugyrina Dall, 1904
=Gyrina Schumacher, 1817
=Gyrinopsis Dall, 1925
=Mayena Iredale, 1917
=Ranella (Apollon) Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Biplex australasia Perry, 1811
=Mayena australasia (Perry, 1811)
=Mayena australasia australasia Perry, 1811
=Mayena australasia benthicola Iredale, 1929
=Mayena australasia blacki Powell, 1954
=Mayena australasia vossi Powell, 1952
=Mayena euclia Cotton, 1945
=Mayena kurtzei Cotton, 1957
=Mayena zelandica Finlay, 1926
=Ranella australasia australasia (Perry, 1811)
=Ranella leucostoma Lamarck, 1822
Details: Ranella australasia (Perry, 1811)
Size/Grows to:
Height 123mm, Width 71mm
Distribution:
Australia, Lord Howe, Norfolk and Kermadec Islands, and New Zealand. Wanganella Bank, Kermadec, North, South and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 0-350m
Type Data:
  • 130 metres, 13 km E of Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype of Mayena australasia vossi Powell, 1952)
  • Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype of Mayena zelandica Finlay, 1926)
  • Tasmania region, Australia, (holotype)
  • 90-130 metres, off Otago, NZ, (holotype of Mayena australasia blacki Powell, 1954)
Notes:
Australasian Trumpet, Marine, Native - Non-endemic, On rocks from low tide to moderate depths
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.221)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.166)

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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