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Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Phenatoma (Genus)
> zealandicum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Drillia cheesemani Hutton, 1878
=Pleurotoma zealandica E.A. Smith, 1877
Images: Phenatoma zealandicum (E.A. Smith, 1877)
Hermit crab in rock pool at low tide, Far North, NZ. 25mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Phenatoma (Genus)
> zealandicum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Drillia cheesemani Hutton, 1878
=Pleurotoma zealandica E.A. Smith, 1877
Details: Phenatoma zealandicum (E.A. Smith, 1877)
Size/Grows to:
Height 34mm, Width 13.5mm
Distribution:
North Island and northern South Island as far south as Akaroa, from 0-55m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.234)
  • Smith, E.A. 1877 Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 4(19) (p.492) 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