aotea, Cepola Waite [E. R.] 1910:26 [Transactions of the New Zealand Institute Part 1 (1910); ref. 4565] New Zealand. Syntypes: (several) CMC F1636 (1) Waimarama, Hakes Bay. Type catalog: Freeman & Tunnicliffe 1997:8 [ref. 22860] but with a holotype. Species later illustrated and described in more detail in Waite 1911:217, Pl. 44 [ref. 14826]. •Valid as Cepola aotea Waite 1910 -- (Paulin et al. 1989:205 [ref. 24556]). •Synonym of Cepola haastii (Hector 1881) -- (Anderson 1994:22 [ref. 21438]). Current status: Synonym of Cepola haastii (Hector 1881). Cepolidae: Cepolinae. Habitat: marine.