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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. © rights reserved
Under kelp holdfasts, Curio Bay, Southland, NZ. 11mm. © rights reserved
Under kelp holdfasts, Curio Bay, Southland, NZ. 11mm. © rights reserved
Puysegur Point, Southland, NZ. 10mm. © rights reserved
Puysegur Point, Southland, NZ. 10mm. © rights reserved
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:
Southern South Island as far north as Oamaru, and Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-33m
Type Data:
  • Stewart Island, NZ, (holotype)
  • Auckland Islands, NZ, (type of hinemoa Powell, 1955)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal, under kelp holdfasts
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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)

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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