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Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Notoacmea (Genus)
> elongata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Conacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Notoacmea (Conacmea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Notoacmea (Notoacmea) Iredale, 1915
=Notoacmea (Parvacmea) Iredale, 1915
=Notoacmea (Subacmea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Parvacmea Iredale, 1915
=Subacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Thalassacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Acmaea helmsi E.A. Smith, 1894
=Notoacmea (Parvacmea) virescens W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Notoacmea helmsi (E.A. Smith, 1894)
=Notoacmea virescens W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Patelloida elongata Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Images: Notoacmea elongata Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Marfells Beach, Marlborough. Mary Agnes Wotton Collection
Collected 1 Aug 2006, Bluff, NZ (M.184126). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 6 Sep 2006, Tapeka Point, Bay of Islands, NZ (M.184138). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Notoacmea virescens Oliver, 1926, collected Kekerengu, SW of Cape Campbell, NZ (M.001561). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 26 Jul 2006, Harington Point, Otago Harbour, NZ (M.184124). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Notoacmea (Genus)
> elongata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Conacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Notoacmea (Conacmea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Notoacmea (Notoacmea) Iredale, 1915
=Notoacmea (Parvacmea) Iredale, 1915
=Notoacmea (Subacmea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Parvacmea Iredale, 1915
=Subacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Thalassacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Acmaea helmsi E.A. Smith, 1894
=Notoacmea (Parvacmea) virescens W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Notoacmea helmsi (E.A. Smith, 1894)
=Notoacmea virescens W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Patelloida elongata Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Details: Notoacmea elongata Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Size/Grows to:
Length 20mm, Width 10mm, Height 3mm
Distribution:
North and South Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Under boulders from mud flats to exposed shores
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Nakano, T., Marshall, B.A., Kennedy, M., Spencer, H.G. 2009 The phylogeny and taxonomy of New Zealand Notoacmea and Patelloida species (Mollusca: Patellogastropoda: Lottiidae) inferred from DNA sequences, Molluscan Research, 29(1) (p.45)
  • Ponder, W.F., Creese, R.G. 1980 A revision of the Australian species of Notoacmea, Collisella and Patelloida (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Acmaeidae), Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 4(4) (p.192)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.48)

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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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