Aeneator marshalli separabilis

Taxobox
name = "Aeneator marshalli separabilis"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
familia = Buccinidae
genus = "Fusinus"
species = "F. marshalli"
subspecies = "F. marshalli separabilis"
trinomial = "Aeneator marshalli separabilis"
trinomial_authority = Dell, 1956

"Aeneator marshalli separabilis" is a subspecies of spindle snail, a large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the spindle snails and tulip snails.

Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

Habitat

This subspecies is found at depths of between 35 and 75 m.

Description

The shell has strongly convex whorls, with a very slight subsutural sulcus, and sculptured with numerous prominent axials and spiral cords.

The shell height is up to 48 mm, and width up to 24 mm.

References

* Powell A W B, "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1