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Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Splendrillia (Genus)
> larochei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922
Images: Splendrillia larochei Powell, 1940
Dredged off Houhora Harbour, Far North, NZ. 15mm. © rights reserved
Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Splendrillia (Genus)
> larochei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922
Details: Splendrillia larochei Powell, 1940
Size/Grows to:
Height 16mm, Width 5mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and off Cape Reinga, down to Awanui Heads, Rangaunu Bay, from 22-622m
Type Data:
  • 260 metres, off Three Kings 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.233)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1940 The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 (p.243) 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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