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Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Patelloida (Genus)
> corticata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Acmaea corticata Hutton, 1880
=Acmaea pseudocorticata Iredale, 1908
=Patelloida corticata corallina W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
Images: Patelloida corticata (Hutton, 1880)
Intertidal, Tolaga Bay, East Cape, NZ. 14mm
Type of Patelloida corticata corallina, collected 13/08/1922 Breaker Bay, Wellington, NZ (M.001566). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Type of Patelloida corticata corallina, collected 13/08/1922 Breaker Bay, Wellington, NZ (M.001566). © 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)
> Patelloida (Genus)
> corticata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Acmaea corticata Hutton, 1880
=Acmaea pseudocorticata Iredale, 1908
=Patelloida corticata corallina W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
Details: Patelloida corticata (Hutton, 1880)
Size/Grows to:
Length 27mm, Width 22mm, Height 13mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.46)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1880 Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca, Colonial Museum & Geological Survey Department (p.89) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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