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Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Notoacmea (Genus)
> scopulina (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 (Subacmea) scopulina W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
Images: Notoacmea scopulina W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
Collected at Sponge Bay, Gisborne, NZ (M.184220). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Motutara, W of Auckland, NZ. (M.001563). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Atia Point, Kaikoura. Mary Agnes Wotton Collection
Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Notoacmea (Genus)
> scopulina (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 (Subacmea) scopulina W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
Details: Notoacmea scopulina W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Length 19.7mm, Width 15mm, Height 5mm
Distribution:
North and South Island, from 0m
Type Data:
  • Motutara, W of Auckland, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, In the high intertidal zone on 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.54)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.49)
  • Oliver, W.R.B. 1926 Australasian Patelloididae, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 56 (p.580) 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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