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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
Geographical Range:
ACF
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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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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