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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)
> antipodum (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 (Pseudomargarella) antipodum (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854) accepted, alternate representation
=Cantharidus antipodum antipodum (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
=Cantharidus antipodum hinemoa (Powell, 1955)
=Cantharidus roseus (Hutton, 1873)
=Chrysostoma rosea Hutton, 1873 Hutton, 1873
=Margarella antipoda (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
=Margarella antipoda antipoda (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
=Margarella antipoda hinemoa Powell, 1955
=Margarella antipoda rosea (Hutton, 1873)
=Margarella hinemoa Powell, 1955
=Margarita antipoda Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
=Photinula decepta Iredale, 1908
Images: Cantharidus antipodum (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)
Under kelp holdfasts, Curio Bay, Southland, NZ. 11mm
Under kelp holdfasts, Curio Bay, Southland, NZ. 11mm
Under kelp holdfasts, Curio Bay, Southland, NZ. 11mm
Puysegur Point, Southland, NZ. 10mm
Puysegur Point, Southland, NZ. 10mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: CANTHARIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Cantharidinae (Subfamily)
> Cantharidus (Genus)
> antipodum (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 (Pseudomargarella) antipodum (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854) accepted, alternate representation
=Cantharidus antipodum antipodum (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
=Cantharidus antipodum hinemoa (Powell, 1955)
=Cantharidus roseus (Hutton, 1873)
=Chrysostoma rosea Hutton, 1873 Hutton, 1873
=Margarella antipoda (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
=Margarella antipoda antipoda (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
=Margarella antipoda hinemoa Powell, 1955
=Margarella antipoda rosea (Hutton, 1873)
=Margarella hinemoa Powell, 1955
=Margarita antipoda Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
=Photinula decepta Iredale, 1908
Details: Cantharidus antipodum (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)
Size/Grows to:
Width 12mm, Height 10mm
Distribution:
South Island, Otago to Stewart Island, Snares, Campbell, Auckland and Antipodes Islands. Under kelp holdfasts
Geographical Range:
FAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Donald, K.M., Spencer, H.G. 2016 Phylogeographic patterns in New Zealand and temperate Australian cantharidines (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae: Cantharidinae): Trans-Tasman divergences are ancient, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 100 (p.341)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.51)
  • Gardner, N.W. Mar/1976 About the Genus Margarella, Poirieria, 8(3) (p.54)

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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