MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Specula (Mendax) Finlay, 1926) Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html
page(s): 382, 385 [details]
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
redescription
Marshall, B. A. (1978). Cerithiopsidae of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 5(1): 47-120., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03014223.1978.10423744 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality