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Taxonomy
Family:
VERMETIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vermetoidea (Superfamily)
> Vermetidae (Family)
> Dendropoma (Genus)
> squamiferum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bivonia Gray, 1842
=Siphonium Gray, 1850
=Veristoa Iredale, 1937
=Vermetus (Bivonia) Gray, 1842
Images: Dendropoma squamiferum Ponder, 1967
Washed up on the drift line, Far North, NZ. 70mm long, aperture 10mm diameter
Washed up on the drift line, Far North, NZ. 70mm long, aperture 10mm diameter
Taxonomy
Family:
VERMETIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vermetoidea (Superfamily)
> Vermetidae (Family)
> Dendropoma (Genus)
> squamiferum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bivonia Gray, 1842
=Siphonium Gray, 1850
=Veristoa Iredale, 1937
=Vermetus (Bivonia) Gray, 1842
Details: Dendropoma squamiferum Ponder, 1967
Size/Grows to:
Diameter 10mm
Distribution:
Northland east coast. Attached to rocks
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.129)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1967 A new species of Dendropoma from New Zealand (Mollusca; Vermetidae), Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 10(2) (p.17) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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