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Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Asteracmea (Genus)
> suteri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Acmaea roseoradiata Suter, 1907
=Notoacmea suteri Iredale, 1915
Images: Asteracmea suteri (Iredale, 1915)
Collected in shell sand, Dec 1991, Kapowairua, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 3.5mm
Collected in shell sand, Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ. 4mm
Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Asteracmea (Genus)
> suteri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Acmaea roseoradiata Suter, 1907
=Notoacmea suteri Iredale, 1915
Details: Asteracmea suteri (Iredale, 1915)
Size/Grows to:
Length 3.5mm, Width 2.5mm, Height 1.5mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart & Snares Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Living below low tide, or washed up in shell drift
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.47)
  • Iredale, T. 1915 A Commentary on Suter's "Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca", Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47 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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