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Taxonomy
Family:
TURRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Turridae (Family)
> Xenuroturris (Genus)
> millepunctata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Clamturris Iredale, 1931
=Lophiotoma (Xenuroturris) Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Lophiotoma (Xenuroturris) millepunctata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1908)
=Lophiotoma millepunctata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1908)
=Pleurotoma millepunctata G.B. Sowerby III, 1909
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Taxonomy
Family:
TURRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Turridae (Family)
> Xenuroturris (Genus)
> millepunctata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Clamturris Iredale, 1931
=Lophiotoma (Xenuroturris) Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Lophiotoma (Xenuroturris) millepunctata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1908)
=Lophiotoma millepunctata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1908)
=Pleurotoma millepunctata G.B. Sowerby III, 1909
Details: Xenuroturris millepunctata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1909)
Size/Grows to:
Height 50mm
Distribution:
Western Pacific. Kermadec Islands, from 10-20m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1964 The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific, Indopacific Mollusca, 1(5) (p.323)
  • Sowerby III, G.B. 1909 Descriptions of new species of Terebra, Pleurotoma, Trochus, Tellina, Dosina, and Modiola, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8(4) (p.198) 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