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Taxonomy
Family:
MATHILDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Mathildoidea (Superfamily)
> Mathildidae (Family)
> Tuba (Genus)
> valkyrie (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Gegania Jeffreys, 1884
=Kaitangata Finlay & Marwick, 1937
=Mathilda (Gegania) Jeffreys, 1884
=Tubena Marwick, 1943 (basionym)
Synonymised Names:
=Gegania valkyrie Powell, 1971
Images: Tuba valkyrie (Powell, 1971)
Holotype, trawled in 366-475 metres, off Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA71328). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
MATHILDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Mathildoidea (Superfamily)
> Mathildidae (Family)
> Tuba (Genus)
> valkyrie (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Gegania Jeffreys, 1884
=Kaitangata Finlay & Marwick, 1937
=Mathilda (Gegania) Jeffreys, 1884
=Tubena Marwick, 1943 (basionym)
Synonymised Names:
=Gegania valkyrie Powell, 1971
Details: Tuba valkyrie (Powell, 1971)
Size/Grows to:
Height 14mm, Width 9mm
Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific and northern New Zealand. North-eastern North Island as far south as Mercury Islands, from 146-990m
Type Data:
  • 350-475 metres, off Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.250)
  • Climo, F.M. 1975 The anatomy of Gegania valkyrie Powell (Mollusca: Hetergastropoda: Mathildidae) with notes on other Heterogastropods, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 5(3) (p.275)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1971 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 7, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 8 (p.210) 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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