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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:
CME.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil