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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NEWTONIELLIDAE: ADELACERITHIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Newtoniellidae (Family)
> Adelacerithiinae (Subfamily)
> Adelacerithium (Genus)
> mirabile (Species)
Images: Adelacerithium mirabile B.A. Marshall, 1984
Holotype, collected 25 Jan 1979, off East Cape, Ranfurly Bank, NZ (M.065078). 15mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype (M.065078) - aperture detail. 15mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NEWTONIELLIDAE: ADELACERITHIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Newtoniellidae (Family)
> Adelacerithiinae (Subfamily)
> Adelacerithium (Genus)
> mirabile (Species)
Details: Adelacerithium mirabile B.A. Marshall, 1984
Size/Grows to:
Height 15mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 94-310m
Type Data:
  • 90-95 metres, Ranfurly Bank, off East Cape, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1984 Adelacerithiinae: a new subfamily of the Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Journal of Molluscan Studies, 50 (p.81) 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