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Taxonomy
Family:
MITROMORPHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mitromorphidae (Family)
> Mitromorpha (Genus)
> gemmata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Clinomitra Bellardi, 1889
=Diptychomitra Bellardi, 1889
=Helenella T.L. Casey, 1904
=Mitramorpha (variant spelling)
=Mitrithara Hedley, 1922
=Mitrolumna Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
=Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
=Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) Carpenter, 1865
Images: Mitromorpha gemmata Suter, 1908
Collected in 150-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 6.0mm. © rights reserved
Collected in 150-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 5.5mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
MITROMORPHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mitromorphidae (Family)
> Mitromorpha (Genus)
> gemmata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Clinomitra Bellardi, 1889
=Diptychomitra Bellardi, 1889
=Helenella T.L. Casey, 1904
=Mitramorpha (variant spelling)
=Mitrithara Hedley, 1922
=Mitrolumna Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
=Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
=Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) Carpenter, 1865
Details: Mitromorpha gemmata Suter, 1908
Size/Grows to:
Height 7mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
Southern North Island, eastern and south-western South Island, and Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-530m
Type Data:
  • 91 metres, off Snares 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.236)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand marine shells., Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.186) 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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