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Taxonomy
Family:
TURRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Turridae (Family)
> Kuroshioturris (Genus)
> angustata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Gemmula (Kuroshioturris) Shuto, 1961
Synonymised Names:
=Lucerapex angustatus (Powell, 1940)
=Micantapex angustatus Powell, 1940
Images: Kuroshioturris angustata (Powell, 1940)
Dredged, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 12mm. © rights reserved
Collected in 430 metres, west of Chatham Islands, NZ (USNM 870656). © Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Holotype, dredged in 48 metres, off Waikuku Beach, Far North, NZ (MA70470). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Dredged, east coast Coromandel, NZ. Courtesy of Claire Elliot
Taxonomy
Family:
TURRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Turridae (Family)
> Kuroshioturris (Genus)
> angustata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Gemmula (Kuroshioturris) Shuto, 1961
Synonymised Names:
=Lucerapex angustatus (Powell, 1940)
=Micantapex angustatus Powell, 1940
Details: Kuroshioturris angustata (Powell, 1940)
Size/Grows to:
Height 15mm, Width 5.5mm
Distribution:
North-eastern and south-western North Island, off Ninety Mile Beach, north-western South Island and Mernoo Bank, from 17-494m
Type Data:
  • 48 metres, off Waikuku Beach, SW of North Cape, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G. 2011 Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 4. Gastropoda (Ptenoglossa, Neogastropoda, Heterobranchia), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 41 (p.74)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.228)
  • 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.245) 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