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Taxonomy
Family:
PROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Prosiphonidae (Family)
> Austrofusus (Genus)
> glans (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aethocola Iredale, 1915
=Austrofusus (Austrofusus) Kobelt, 1879
=Austrofusus (Neocola) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Aethocola glans (Röding, 1798)
=Austrofusus (Austrofusus) glans (Röding, 1798)
=Austrofusus glans agrestior Finlay, 1927
=Austrofusus glans tragulatus Iredale, 1937
=Buccinum nodosum Martyn, 1784
=Buccinum triton Lesson, 1841
=Drupa glans Röding, 1798
=Fusus nodosus Gray, 1843
=Fusus raphanus Lamarck, 1816
=Siphonalia nodosa (Martyn, 1784)
Images: Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798)
Washed up at Paraparaumu Beach, Wellington. 49mm. © rights reserved
Washed up on beach near Tutukaka, Whangarei. 55mm. © rights reserved
Trawled 70-80 metres, Hanson Bay, Chatham Islands. 61mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
PROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Prosiphonidae (Family)
> Austrofusus (Genus)
> glans (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aethocola Iredale, 1915
=Austrofusus (Austrofusus) Kobelt, 1879
=Austrofusus (Neocola) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Aethocola glans (Röding, 1798)
=Austrofusus (Austrofusus) glans (Röding, 1798)
=Austrofusus glans agrestior Finlay, 1927
=Austrofusus glans tragulatus Iredale, 1937
=Buccinum nodosum Martyn, 1784
=Buccinum triton Lesson, 1841
=Drupa glans Röding, 1798
=Fusus nodosus Gray, 1843
=Fusus raphanus Lamarck, 1816
=Siphonalia nodosa (Martyn, 1784)
Details: Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798)
Size/Grows to:
Height 88mm, Width 41mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, and western Chatham Rise, from 0-1420m
Notes:
Knobbed Whelk, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.197)
  • Mar/1974 Notes of Interest: Austrofusus glans egg capsules, Poirieria, 7(3) (p.46)

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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