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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Columbariidae (Family)
> Coluzea (Genus)
> wormaldi (Species)
Images: Coluzea wormaldi Powell, 1971
From approx. 450 metres, Bay of Plenty. 89mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, E of Poor Knights Islands, NZ (MA71334). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Columbariidae (Family)
> Coluzea (Genus)
> wormaldi (Species)
Details: Coluzea wormaldi Powell, 1971
Size/Grows to:
Height 134mm, Width 32mm
Distribution:
Eastern North Island, from Great Barrier Island to Cape Palliser, from 325-687m
Type Data:
  • 550 metres, E of Poor Knights Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Harasewych, M.G. 2011 The Living Columbariinae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Turbinellidae) of New Zealand, Zootaxa, 2744 (p.15)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.170)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1971 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 7, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 8 (p.221) 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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