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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NASSARIIDAE: NASSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Nassariidae (Family)
> Nassariinae (Subfamily)
> Tritia (Genus)
> ephamilla (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nassarius (Telasco) H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Alectrion (Tritia) A. Adams, 1853
=Nassarius (Cryptonassarius) Cernohorsky, 1975
=Nassarius (Tritia) A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Alectrion dissimilis (R.B. Watson, 1886)
=Alectrion ephamillus (R.B. Watson, 1882)
=Arcularia dipsacoides Hedley, 1907
=Nassa (Tritia) ephamilla R.B. Watson, 1882 accepted, alternate representation
=Nassa dissimilis R.B. Watson, 1886
=Nassa ephamilla R.B. Watson, 1882
=Nassarius (Cryptonassarius) ephamillus (R.B. Watson, 1882)
=Nassarius dipsacoides (Hedley, 1907)
=Nassarius dissimilis (R.B. Watson, 1886)
=Nassarius ephamillus (R.B. Watson, 1882)
=Reticunassa dipsacoides (Hedley, 1907)
=Reticunassa flindersi Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
Images: Tritia ephamilla (R.B. Watson, 1882)
Trawled in 900 metres of water off Cape Kidnappers, NZ. 17mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NASSARIIDAE: NASSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Nassariidae (Family)
> Nassariinae (Subfamily)
> Tritia (Genus)
> ephamilla (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nassarius (Telasco) H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Alectrion (Tritia) A. Adams, 1853
=Nassarius (Cryptonassarius) Cernohorsky, 1975
=Nassarius (Tritia) A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Alectrion dissimilis (R.B. Watson, 1886)
=Alectrion ephamillus (R.B. Watson, 1882)
=Arcularia dipsacoides Hedley, 1907
=Nassa (Tritia) ephamilla R.B. Watson, 1882 accepted, alternate representation
=Nassa dissimilis R.B. Watson, 1886
=Nassa ephamilla R.B. Watson, 1882
=Nassarius (Cryptonassarius) ephamillus (R.B. Watson, 1882)
=Nassarius dipsacoides (Hedley, 1907)
=Nassarius dissimilis (R.B. Watson, 1886)
=Nassarius ephamillus (R.B. Watson, 1882)
=Reticunassa dipsacoides (Hedley, 1907)
=Reticunassa flindersi Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
Details: Tritia ephamilla (R.B. Watson, 1882)
Size/Grows to:
Height 22mm, Width 12mm
Distribution:
West Norfolk Ridge, Kermadec Ridge, North Island, South Island as far south as Otago Peninsula, Challenger Plateau and Chatham Rise. Also New South Wales along the eastern coast of Australia to Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, from 256-2200m
Type Data:
  • 1280 metres, NE off East Cape, NZ, (holotype)
  • 1640-1700 metres, west margin of Hikurangi Trench, off Flat Point, NZ, (type of dissimilis R.B. Watson, 1886)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1981 Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 18 (p.180)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.205)
  • Watson, R.B. 1882 Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition, Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 16 (p.370) 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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