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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
Geographical Range:
FE.
Notes:
Keyhole Limpet, 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
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