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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
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, from Banks Peninsula south. Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Bounty, Antipodes & Macquarie Islands
Geographical Range:
FAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, 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)

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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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