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Cellana stellifera (Gmelin, 1791)Species Images
At extreme low tide, Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. 38mm
In beach drift, Ahipara, Far North, NZ. 30mm
Taxonomy: Cellana stellifera (Gmelin, 1791)
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Patellogastropoda (Subclass) > Lottioidea (Superfamily) > Nacellidae (Family) > Cellana (Genus) > stellifera (Species)
Family:
NACELLIDAE
Genus Synonyms:
=Bertinia Jousseaume, 1883
=Granopatella Pallary, 1920
=Helcion (Helcioniscus) Dall, 1871
=Helcioniscus Dall, 1871
=Nacella (Cellana) H. Adams, 1869
Synonymised Names:
=Helcioniscus stelliferus (Gmelin, 1791)
=Helcioniscus stelliferus phymatius Suter, 1905
=Patella stellifera Gmelin, 1791
=Patella stellularia Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
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Details: Cellana stellifera (Gmelin, 1791)
Size/Grows to:
Length 70mm, Width 55mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island. Below low tide
Geographical Range:
ACFE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Penniket, J.R. Aug/1988 The Genus Cellana in New Zealand, Poirieria, 15(5) (p.12)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.44)

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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil