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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
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References and Publications

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