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Taxonomy
Family:
PROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Prosiphonidae (Family)
> Prosipho (Genus)
> tomlini (Species)
Images: Prosipho tomlini Powell, 1957
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Taxonomy
Family:
PROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Prosiphonidae (Family)
> Prosipho (Genus)
> tomlini (Species)
Details: Prosipho tomlini Powell, 1957
Size/Grows to:
Height 13mm, Width 7mm
Distribution:
Macquarie Island 69 metres
Type Data:
  • 69 metres, off Lusitania Bay, Macquarie Island, Australia, (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.203)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1957 Mollusca of Kerguelen and Macquarie Islands, British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-1931, 6 (p.142) 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