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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)
> fulminatus (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) fulminatus (Hutton, 1873) accepted, alternate representation
=Chrysostoma fulminata Hutton, 1873
=Margarella fulminata (Hutton, 1873)
Images: Cantharidus fulminatus (Hutton, 1873)
Chatham Islands. 8mm. © rights reserved
Chatham Islands. 8mm. © 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)
> fulminatus (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) fulminatus (Hutton, 1873) accepted, alternate representation
=Chrysostoma fulminata Hutton, 1873
=Margarella fulminata (Hutton, 1873)
Details: Cantharidus fulminatus (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Width 8mm, Height 8mm
Distribution:
Chatham Islands, from 0-20m
Type Data:
  • Chatham Islands, NZ, (syntype of Chrysostoma fulminata Hutton, 1873)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal to shallow water
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References and Publications
  • 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.55)

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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