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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)
> puysegurensis (Species)
Images: Cantharidus puysegurensis (Powell, 1939)
Under rocks, Westport, NZ. 3.5mm
Under rocks, Westport, NZ. 3.5mm
Under rocks, Westport, NZ. 3.5mm
Holotype, collected Sealers Beach, directly east of Puysegur Point, Southland, NZ (MA70441). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Sealers Beach, directly east of Puysegur Point, Southland, NZ (MA70441). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: CANTHARIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Cantharidinae (Subfamily)
> Cantharidus (Genus)
> puysegurensis (Species)
Details: Cantharidus puysegurensis (Powell, 1939)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.5mm, Height 5.0mm
Distribution:
South Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Distinct flattened base and wide umbilicus
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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