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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Macrozafra (Genus)
> vivens (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Antizafra vivens Powell, 1934
Images: Macrozafra vivens (Powell, 1934)
Holotype, collected 4 fathoms, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ (MA72008). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Tolaga Bay, East Cape, NZ. 8.5mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Macrozafra (Genus)
> vivens (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Antizafra vivens Powell, 1934
Details: Macrozafra vivens (Powell, 1934)
Size/Grows to:
Height 12mm, Width 5mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island, from Whangarei to Lottin Point and Tolaga Bay, from 7-18m
Type Data:
  • 7 metres, Whangarei Heads, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.188)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1934 Gastropods new to the New Zealand Fauna; with descriptions of six new Species and a new Subspecies, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 64 (p.159) 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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