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Taxonomy
Family:
PROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Prosiphonidae (Family)
> Minortrophon (Genus)
> crassiliratus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Terefundus (Minortrophon) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Daphnella crassilirata Suter, 1908
=Terefundus crassiliratus (Suter, 1908)
Images: Minortrophon crassiliratus (Suter, 1908)
In shell grit, off eastern Foveaux Strait, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
PROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Prosiphonidae (Family)
> Minortrophon (Genus)
> crassiliratus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Terefundus (Minortrophon) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Daphnella crassilirata Suter, 1908
=Terefundus crassiliratus (Suter, 1908)
Details: Minortrophon crassiliratus (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3mm, Width 1.5mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island as far north as Saunders Canyon, and Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands, from 31-360m
Type Data:
  • 91 metres, off Snares Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.177)
  • Suter, H. 1913 Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca, John MacKay, Government Printer, Wellington (p.509)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand marine shells., Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.190) 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