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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)
> Tugali (Genus)
> elegans (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Emarginula (Tugali) Gray, 1843
=Subemarginula (Tugalia) Gray, 1843
=Tugalia Gray, 1857
Images: Tugali elegans Gray, 1843
Under rocks at low tide. Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 45mm
The Grooved Limpet, is found under stones at and below low tide
Alive under a rock at low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 40-45mm
Alive under a rock at low tide (showing partially hidden shell), Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 40-45mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: EMARGINULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Emarginulinae (Subfamily)
> Tugali (Genus)
> elegans (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Emarginula (Tugali) Gray, 1843
=Subemarginula (Tugalia) Gray, 1843
=Tugalia Gray, 1857
Details: Tugali elegans Gray, 1843
Size/Grows to:
Length 55mm, Width 31mm
Distribution:
Northern part of North Island and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Walton, K. Nov/2011 Recent additions to the checklist of Marine Mollusca from Wellington Harbour and approaches, Cookia, 23 (p.13)
  • 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.40)

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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