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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: CANTHARIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Cantharidinae (Subfamily)
> Cantharidus (Genus)
> capillaceus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cantharidus (Cantharidus) Montfort, 1810
=Cantharidus (Plumbelenchus) Finlay, 1926
=Cantharidus (Pseudomargarella) Donald & Spencer, 2016
=Micrelenchus (Plumbelenchus) Finlay, 1926
=Trochus (Cantharidus) Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Cantharidus (Cantharidus) capillaceus (Philippi, 1849)
=Cantharidus (Plumbelenchus) coruscans (Hedley, 1916)
=Cantharidus coruscans (Hedley, 1916)
=Cantharidus pruininus (Gould, 1849) (error for pruninus)
=Cantharidus pruninus (Gould, 1849)
=Cantharidus pruninus var. minor E.A. Smith, 1902
=Cantharidus pruninus var. perobtusa Pilsbry, 1889
=Cantharidus zealandicus A. Adams, 1853
=Micrelenchus (Plumbelenchus) capillaceus (Philippi, 1849)
=Micrelenchus capillaceus (Philippi, 1849)
=Photinula coruscans Hedley, 1916
=Trochus (Osilinus) capillaceus Philippi, 1849
=Trochus capillaceus Philippi, 1849
=Trochus episcopus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
=Trochus pruninus Gould, 1849
Images: Cantharidus capillaceus (Philippi, 1848)
In shallow water off Enderby Island, Auckland Islands. 25mm
Campbell Island, on tidal rocks. 24mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: CANTHARIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Cantharidinae (Subfamily)
> Cantharidus (Genus)
> capillaceus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cantharidus (Cantharidus) Montfort, 1810
=Cantharidus (Plumbelenchus) Finlay, 1926
=Cantharidus (Pseudomargarella) Donald & Spencer, 2016
=Micrelenchus (Plumbelenchus) Finlay, 1926
=Trochus (Cantharidus) Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Cantharidus (Cantharidus) capillaceus (Philippi, 1849)
=Cantharidus (Plumbelenchus) coruscans (Hedley, 1916)
=Cantharidus coruscans (Hedley, 1916)
=Cantharidus pruininus (Gould, 1849) (error for pruninus)
=Cantharidus pruninus (Gould, 1849)
=Cantharidus pruninus var. minor E.A. Smith, 1902
=Cantharidus pruninus var. perobtusa Pilsbry, 1889
=Cantharidus zealandicus A. Adams, 1853
=Micrelenchus (Plumbelenchus) capillaceus (Philippi, 1849)
=Micrelenchus capillaceus (Philippi, 1849)
=Photinula coruscans Hedley, 1916
=Trochus (Osilinus) capillaceus Philippi, 1849
=Trochus capillaceus Philippi, 1849
=Trochus episcopus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
=Trochus pruninus Gould, 1849
Details: Cantharidus capillaceus (Philippi, 1848)
Size/Grows to:
Height 28mm, Width 20mm
Distribution:
Auckland, Campbell and Antipodes Islands
Geographical Range:
An
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1998 The New Zealand Recent species of Cantharidus Montfort, 1810 and Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), Molluscan Research, 19 (p.130)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.55)

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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