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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: EMARGINULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Emarginulinae (Subfamily)
> Emarginula (Genus)
> striatula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Emarginula (Subzeidora) Iredale, 1924
Synonymised Names:
=Emarginula lophelia Beu, 1966
=Emarginula striatula valentior Finlay, 1928
Images: Emarginula striatula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
In beach drift, Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. 20mm
In beach drift, Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. 20mm
Holotype of Emarginula striatula valentior Finlay, collected Jan 1924, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70261). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Emarginula striatula valentior Finlay, collected Jan 1924, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70261). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Emarginula striatula valentior Finlay, collected Jan 1924, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70261). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: EMARGINULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Emarginulinae (Subfamily)
> Emarginula (Genus)
> striatula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Emarginula (Subzeidora) Iredale, 1924
Synonymised Names:
=Emarginula lophelia Beu, 1966
=Emarginula striatula valentior Finlay, 1928
Details: Emarginula striatula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Size/Grows to:
Length 33mm, Width 17mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Chathams, Snares, Auckland and Bounty Islands. In beach drift and living below low tide
Notes:
Slit Limpet, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Bracegirdle, S. Nov/2003 Four Limpets - Owhiro Bay, Wellington, Cookia, 15 (p.20)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.38)
  • Beu, A.G., Climo, F.M. 1974 Mollusca from a recent coral community in Palliser Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 8(2) (p.314)

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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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