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Taxonomy
Family:
EOSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Eosiphonidae (Family)
> Calagrassor (Genus)
> delicatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cantharus Röding, 1798
=Eosipho Thiele, 1929
Images: Calagrassor delicatus Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2016
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Taxonomy
Family:
EOSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Eosiphonidae (Family)
> Calagrassor (Genus)
> delicatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cantharus Röding, 1798
=Eosipho Thiele, 1929
Details: Calagrassor delicatus Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2016
Distribution:
Challenger Plateau and western South Island, from 891-1045m
Type Data:
  • 830-900 metres, Moeraki Canyon, off Jackson Bay, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, In bored wood
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References and Publications
  • Fraussen, K., Stahlschmidt, P. 2016 The extensive Indo-Pacific deep-water radiation of Manaria E.A. Smith, 1906 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) and related genera, with descriptions of 21 new species, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 208 (p.425) 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