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Taxonomy
Family:
MITROMORPHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mitromorphidae (Family)
> Scrinium (Genus)
> neozelanicum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Bela neozelanica Suter, 1908
Images: Scrinium neozelanicum (Suter, 1908)
In beach drift, Doubtless Bay, Northland, NZ. 10mm. © rights reserved
From beach drift, Northland, NZ. 9.5mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
MITROMORPHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mitromorphidae (Family)
> Scrinium (Genus)
> neozelanicum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Bela neozelanica Suter, 1908
Details: Scrinium neozelanicum (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Height 10mm, Width 5mm
Distribution:
Spirits Bay, and north-eastern North Island as far south as White Island, from 6-163m
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.236)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand marine shells., Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.185) 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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