Calloria variegata Cooper & Doherty, 1993Species Images
Holotype, Te Hue Point, Little Barrier Island, NZ (USN 443586a). 20.7mm. Courtesy USNM
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Calloria variegata Cooper & Doherty, 1993
Phylum: Brachiopoda
This is not a Mollusc. Other non-Molluscan Phyla (Echinodermata, Brachiopoda etc) have been included to help identify species that may be mistaken for Mollusca, but are not.
Classification:
Brachiopoda (Phylum) > Rhynchonellata (Class) > Terebratulida (Order) > Terebratellidae (Family) > Calloria (Genus) > variegata (Species)
Family:
TEREBRATELLIDAE
Size/Grows to:
Length 25mm
Distribution:
Northern North Island, 10-60 metres. Usually offshore islands or exposed situations
Geographical Range:
AE.
Notes:
Distribution Map
References and Publications
- Cooper, G., Doherty, P. 1993 Calloria variegata, a new Recent species of brachiopod (Articulata: Terebratulida) from northern New Zealand, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 23 (p.271)
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Key to 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
