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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
Geographical Range:
ACF
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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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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