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Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Notoacmea (Genus)
> parviconoidea (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 parviconoidea Suter, 1907
=Acmaea parviconoidea var. nigrostella Suter, 1907
Images: Notoacmea parviconoidea (Suter, 1907)
On rocks and in crevices, Far North, NZ. 8mm
Collected 3 Aug 2006, Jackson Bay, SW of Haast, NZ (M.184152). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 3 Aug 2006, Jackson Bay, SW of Haast, NZ (M.184152). © 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)
> parviconoidea (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 parviconoidea Suter, 1907
=Acmaea parviconoidea var. nigrostella Suter, 1907
Details: Notoacmea parviconoidea (Suter, 1907)
Size/Grows to:
Length 12mm, Width 9mm, Height 6mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, On rocks and mussels at low tide
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.48)
  • 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.321) 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