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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: DIODORINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Diodorinae (Subfamily)
> Monodilepas (Genus)
> monilifera (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Lucapina monilifera Hutton, 1873
=Monodilepas monilifera monilifera (Hutton, 1873) accepted, alternate representation
Images: Monodilepas monilifera (Hutton, 1873)
In beach drift, Bluff, NZ. 20mm
Collected no other data, NZ (M.000230). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: DIODORINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Diodorinae (Subfamily)
> Monodilepas (Genus)
> monilifera (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Lucapina monilifera Hutton, 1873
=Monodilepas monilifera monilifera (Hutton, 1873) accepted, alternate representation
Details: Monodilepas monilifera (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Length 33mm, Width 24mm
Distribution:
South Island and Snares Islands. In beach drift and trawled
Notes:
Keyhole Limpet, Marine, Native - Endemic
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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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