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Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Splendrillia (Genus)
> aoteana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922
Synonymised Names:
=Drillia laevis (Hutton, 1873)
=Pleurotoma laevis Hutton, 1873
Images: Splendrillia aoteana Finlay, 1930
Dredged off Rarawa, Far North, NZ. 11mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Pleurotoma laevis Hutton, 1873, collected no other data, NZ (M.000056). ~17mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Splendrillia (Genus)
> aoteana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922
Synonymised Names:
=Drillia laevis (Hutton, 1873)
=Pleurotoma laevis Hutton, 1873
Details: Splendrillia aoteana Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Height 18mm, Width 7mm
Distribution:
Northern and south-western North Island, Cook Strait, and south-eastern South Island, from 43-293m
Type Data:
  • Stewart Island, NZ, (holotype of Pleurotoma laevis Hutton, 1873)
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.232)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Invalid molluscan names. No. 1, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.47) 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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