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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CANCELLARIIDAE: CANCELLARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Cancellariidae (Family)
> Cancellariinae (Subfamily)
> Oamaruia (Genus)
> deleta (Species)
Images: Oamaruia deleta Finlay, 1930
Holotype, collected in 110 metres, off Poor Knights Islands, NZ (MA70557). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CANCELLARIIDAE: CANCELLARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Cancellariidae (Family)
> Cancellariinae (Subfamily)
> Oamaruia (Genus)
> deleta (Species)
Details: Oamaruia deleta Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Height 11mm, Width 5.5mm
Distribution:
SE of Three Kings Islands, off Cape Reinga and north-eastern North Island as far south as The Aldermen Islands, from 63-178m
Type Data:
  • 110 metres, W of Poor Knights Islands, 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.224)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.241) 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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