Euthrenopsis bountyensis is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae.[1] It was first described by Baden Powell in 1929. It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
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| Holotype from the Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Euthrenopsis |
| Species: | E. bountyensis
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| Euthrenopsis bountyensis (Powell, 1929)
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Description
editEuthrenopsis bountyensis has a shell with six whorls, with strong and even convex outlines.[2] The species measures 9mm by 4mm.[3]
Distribution
editThe species is Endemic to New Zealand.[1] The holotype and juvenile paratypes were collected from the Bounty Islands.[4][2] A similar specimen was collected from the waters of the Antipodes Islands in 1967.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Euthrenopsis bountyensis Powell, 1929". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ a b Powell, A. W. B. (1930). "The Recent and Tertiary Species of the Genus Buccinulum in New Zealand, with a Review of Related Genera and Families". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 60: 57–106 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Euthrenopsis bountyensis". New Zealand Mollusca. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Euthrenopsis bountyensis". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Buccinulum (Euthrenopsis) sp". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press,