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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)
> Scutus (Genus)
> breviculus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aviscutum Iredale, 1940
=Nannoscutum Iredale, 1937
=Parmophorus Blainville, 1817
=Scutum P. Fischer, 1885
Synonymised Names:
=Parmophorus breviculus Blainville, 1817
Images: Scutus breviculus (Blainville, 1817)
Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 60mm
Under a rock at low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 60-70mm
Alive under rocks at low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 70-80mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: EMARGINULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Emarginulinae (Subfamily)
> Scutus (Genus)
> breviculus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aviscutum Iredale, 1940
=Nannoscutum Iredale, 1937
=Parmophorus Blainville, 1817
=Scutum P. Fischer, 1885
Synonymised Names:
=Parmophorus breviculus Blainville, 1817
Details: Scutus breviculus (Blainville, 1817)
Size/Grows to:
Length 103mm, Width 51mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island
Notes:
Shield Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50 (p.79)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.40)

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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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