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Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> rubiginosa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Austromitra rubiradix Finlay, 1926
=Columbella (Atilia) rubiginosa Hutton, 1873
=Columbella rubiginosa Hutton, 1873
=Vexillum antipodum Brookes, 1926
=Vexillum pseudomarginatum Suter, 1913
Images: Austromitra rubiginosa (Hutton, 1873)
Hihi Beach, Mangonui, under rocks. 10.5mm. © rights reserved
Under rocks, Hihi Beach, Mangonui, Northland, NZ. 10.5mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Vexillum antipodum Brookes, 1926, collected Coopers Beach, Doubtless Bay, Northland, NZ (MA71291). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> rubiginosa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Austromitra rubiradix Finlay, 1926
=Columbella (Atilia) rubiginosa Hutton, 1873
=Columbella rubiginosa Hutton, 1873
=Vexillum antipodum Brookes, 1926
=Vexillum pseudomarginatum Suter, 1913
Details: Austromitra rubiginosa (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 11mm, Width 4.5mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-340m
Type Data:
  • Coopers Beach, Doubtless Bay, NZ, (holotype of Vexillum antipodum Brookes, 1926)
  • Chatham Islands, NZ, (lectotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Marrow, M.P. 2021 The living Austromitra species of New Zealand (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Costellariidae), Novapex, 22(3) (p.64)
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1980 Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Costellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 16 (p.132)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.216)
  • 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.156)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) 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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