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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: HEMITOMINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Hemitominae (Subfamily)
> Montfortula (Genus)
> chathamensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Plagiorhytis P. Fischer, 1885
=Variegemarginula McLean, 2011
Synonymised Names:
=Montfortula rugosa of authors not Quoy & Gaimard
Images: Montfortula chathamensis Finlay, 1928
In rock pools, Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ. 11mm
Holotype, collected Jan 1924, Waitangi, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70487). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Jan 1924, Waitangi, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70487). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Jan 1924, Waitangi, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70487). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Lyttelton Harbour, Canterbury, NZ (MA15237). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Lyttelton Harbour, Canterbury, NZ (MA15237). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: HEMITOMINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Hemitominae (Subfamily)
> Montfortula (Genus)
> chathamensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Plagiorhytis P. Fischer, 1885
=Variegemarginula McLean, 2011
Synonymised Names:
=Montfortula rugosa of authors not Quoy & Gaimard
Details: Montfortula chathamensis Finlay, 1928
Size/Grows to:
Length 12mm, Width 10mm
Distribution:
Wellington, Kaikoura, Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
CM
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Bracegirdle, S. Nov/2003 Four Limpets - Owhiro Bay, Wellington, Cookia, 15 (p.20)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1996 Molluscan name-bearing types in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 9 (p.13)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.38)
  • Feb/1977 Montfortula rugosa, Poirieria, 8(6)
  • Mar/1974 Notes of Interest: Montfortula rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard), Poirieria, 7(3) (p.44)
  • Finlay, H. 1928 The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 59 (p.235) 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