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Taxonomy
Family:
STRUTHIOLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Stromboidea (Superfamily)
> Struthiolariidae (Family)
> Pelicaria (Genus)
> vermis (Species)
Images: Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
In shallow water, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 38mm
Tory Channel, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 41mm
(flemingi form) - In beach drift, Te Arai Point, Northland, NZ. 53mm
Not uncommon from low tide down to about 50 fathoms
Taxonomy
Family:
STRUTHIOLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Stromboidea (Superfamily)
> Struthiolariidae (Family)
> Pelicaria (Genus)
> vermis (Species)
Details: Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
Size/Grows to:
Height 54mm, Width 36mm
Distribution:
North and South Islands. On tidal flats and off sandy beaches, occasionally to depths of 90 metres
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Small Ostrich Foot, Takai, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morton, J.E. Apr/1997 The Strombacea Re-visited Part 1, Strithiolaria and Aporrhais, Poirieria, 20 (p.1)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.143)
  • Sep/1977 Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) veris flemingi Neef, Poirieria, 9(2) (p.32)
  • Martyn, T. 1784 The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells 1-4, vol 1-4 Original Description

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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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