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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
Geographical Range:
ACF
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)

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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