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Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Radiacmea (Genus)
> inconspicua (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Acmaea cingulata Hutton, 1883
=Acmaea inconspicua (Gray, 1843)
=Fissurella rubiginosa Hutton, 1873
=Patella inconspicua Gray, 1843
Images: Radiacmea inconspicua (Gray, 1843)
Whatipu, Auckland, NZ. 15mm
Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Radiacmea (Genus)
> inconspicua (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Acmaea cingulata Hutton, 1883
=Acmaea inconspicua (Gray, 1843)
=Fissurella rubiginosa Hutton, 1873
=Patella inconspicua Gray, 1843
Details: Radiacmea inconspicua (Gray, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Length 19mm, Width 15mm, Height 8mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, At low tide, often on the backs of Paua
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.45)

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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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