Mayena australasia vossi

Taxobox
name = "Mayena australasia vossi"


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Caenogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
subordo = Hypsogastropoda
superfamilia = Tonnoidea
familia = Ranellidae
subfamilia = Ranellinae
genus = "Mayena"
species = "M. australasia"
subspecies = "M. australasia vossi"
trinomial = "Mayena australasia vossi"
trinomial_authority = Powell A W B, 1952
synonyms =

"Mayena australasia vossi" is a large subspecies of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ranellidae, the tritons.

Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to the Bay of Plenty in the North Island of New Zealand.

Habitat

This triton is found at depths of about 130 m.

hell description

The shell is similar to "Mayena australasia australasia" but has a more acute peripheral angle, which is studded with fewer, stronger, and more pointed nodes (four to six between the varices).

Coloration is pale buff, with the peripheral nodes slightly tinged with pale reddish-brown. The periostracum is yellowish, bearing short bristles at all points of intersection with axial and spiral threads.

The shell height is up to 81 mm, and the width is up to 43 mm.

References

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