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Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Notoacmea (Genus)
> daedala (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 daedala Suter, 1907
Images: Notoacmea daedala (Suter, 1907)
Cape Campbell, Marlborough. Mary Agnes Wotton Collection
Collected 27 Aug 2006, Titahi Bay, N of Wellington, NZ (M.184289). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Alive under rocks at low tide. Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. 8-10mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Notoacmea (Genus)
> daedala (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 daedala Suter, 1907
Details: Notoacmea daedala (Suter, 1907)
Size/Grows to:
Length 16mm, Width 14mm, Height 6mm
Distribution:
North and South Islands, from 0m
Type Data:
  • Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, NZ, (lectotype, paralectotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Under boulders resting on clean sand, from intertidal flats to exposed shores
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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)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.48)
  • Suter, H. 1907 Revision of the New Zealand Acmaeidae, with descriptions of new species and subspecies, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 7 (p.323) Original Description

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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