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Taxonomy
Family:
BURSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Bursidae (Family)
> Annaperenna (Genus)
> verrucosa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Murex papilla W. Wood, 1828
=Ranella verrucosa G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
=Bursa verrucosa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Images: Annaperenna verrucosa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
From about 20 metres, off Northland, NZ. 30mm. © rights reserved
Washed up in beach drift, Rarawa Beach, Far North. 35mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
BURSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Bursidae (Family)
> Annaperenna (Genus)
> verrucosa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Murex papilla W. Wood, 1828
=Ranella verrucosa G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
=Bursa verrucosa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Details: Annaperenna verrucosa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Size/Grows to:
Height 55mm, Width 30mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as White Island. Also Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island and New South Wales, from 0-64m
Type Data:
  • Norfolk Island, Australia, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Spurgeon, A.M., Burch, K.W., Carson, K., Walton, K., Plaisted, J. Nov/2017 Notes on NZ Collected Species, Cookia, 29 (p.14)
  • 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.64)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.169)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1967 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 6, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(3) (p.190)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1965 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 5, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(2) (p.162)

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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