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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIMITRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Mitroidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramimitridae (Family)
> Hortia (Genus)
> aotearoa (Species)
Images: Hortia aotearoa Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIMITRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Mitroidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramimitridae (Family)
> Hortia (Genus)
> aotearoa (Species)
Details: Hortia aotearoa Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island as far south as Mayor Island, from 282-990m
Type Data:
  • 920 metres, Mercury Knoll, E of Mercury Islands, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype)
  • 810-870 metres, SE of Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Kantor, Yuri, Lozouet, P., Puillandre, N., Bouchet, P. 2014 Lost and found: The Eocene family Pyramimitridae (Neogastropoda) discovered in the Recent fauna of the Indo-Pacific, Zootaxa, 3754 (p.263) 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