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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NEWTONIELLIDAE: ATAXOCERITHIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Newtoniellidae (Family)
> Ataxocerithiinae (Subfamily)
> Ataxocerithium (Genus)
> huttoni (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithium cancellatum Hutton, 1873
=Cerithium invaricosum Odhner, 1924
=Colina huttoni Cossmann, 1895
Images: Ataxocerithium huttoni (Crossmann, 1895)
Dredged in 50 metres, off Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 8mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NEWTONIELLIDAE: ATAXOCERITHIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Newtoniellidae (Family)
> Ataxocerithiinae (Subfamily)
> Ataxocerithium (Genus)
> huttoni (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithium cancellatum Hutton, 1873
=Cerithium invaricosum Odhner, 1924
=Colina huttoni Cossmann, 1895
Details: Ataxocerithium huttoni (Crossmann, 1895)
Size/Grows to:
Height 12mm, Width 6mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, south-eastern South Island, Auckland and Campbell Islands, from 0-805m
Type Data:
  • Shakespeare Cliff, Wanganui (Castlecliffian, Pleistocene), NZ (Fossil), (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Houbrick, R.S. 1987 Description of a new giant Ataxocerithium species from Australia with remarks on the systematic placement of the genus (Prosobranchia: Cerithiopsidae), The Nautilus, 101(4) (p.160)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.131)
  • Marshall, B.A. Mar/1978 Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand and a provisional classification of the family, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 5(1) (p.60)
  • Cossmann, M. 1895 The Pliocene Mollusca of New Zealand, par F.W. Hutton, Feuilles des Jeunes Naturalistes, 25(299) (p.174) 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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