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Semicassis pyrum

Holotype
natural science
  • Te reo Name
    Pupu Maeneene
  • Common Name
    Helmet Shell
  • Field Collection Site
  • Collection Date
    Pre 1937
  • Accession Number
    MA70852
  • Accession Date
    Unknown
  • Other Id

    TM852 (Original Number)

    12021 (Asset Register)

  • Department
Xenogalea finlayi, MA70852, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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Natural Science Specimen

  • Scientific Name
    Semicassis pyrum (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Classification
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
  • Specimen Category
  • Storage Method
  • Region
  • Field Collection Site
  • Collection Method
  • Collection Date
    Pre 1937
  • Collector
  • Depth from
    40m
  • Site Description
    between Taiaroa [Otago] Head and Waikouaiti
  • Site latitude/longitude
    -45.68556 (± 10 km)
    170.69167 (± 10 km)

  • Documentation
    A review of Australian helmet shells; Tom Iredale; 1927
    Additions to the recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand; Harold John Finlay; 1924
  • Document Pg Number
    342
    525
  • Last Update
    22 Jun 2022

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