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Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Notoacmea (Genus)
> sturnus (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:
=Notoacmea (Notoacmea) pileopsis sturnus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
=Notoacmea pileopsis sturnus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
=Patella cantharus Reeve, 1855
=Patella sturnus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
=Patelloides antarctica Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
Images: Notoacmea sturnus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
Ocean Beach, Bluff. 19mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Notoacmea (Genus)
> sturnus (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:
=Notoacmea (Notoacmea) pileopsis sturnus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
=Notoacmea pileopsis sturnus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
=Patella cantharus Reeve, 1855
=Patella sturnus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
=Patelloides antarctica Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
Details: Notoacmea sturnus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
Size/Grows to:
Length 31.9mm, Width 23mm, Height 13mm
Distribution:
South Island as far north as Banks Peninsula, and Stewart, Snares and Auckland Islands, from 0m
Type Data:
  • Stewart Island, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Description:
Narrowly elliptical, with the apex at the anterior end. Exterior is smooth

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.55)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.47)

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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