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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)
> turneri (Species)
Images: Cantharidus turneri (Powell, 1939)
On seaweed, Horseshoe Bay, Stewart Island. 9mm. © rights reserved
On seaweed, Horseshoe Bay, Stewart Island. 9mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected Ulva Island, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70442). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Ulva Island, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70442). © 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)
> turneri (Species)
Details: Cantharidus turneri (Powell, 1939)
Size/Grows to:
Width 9mm, Height 8mm
Distribution:
Southland, Stewart Island, Snares, Auckland and Campbell Islands. On seaweed covered rocks
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.55)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1939 The Mollusca of Stewart Island., Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2 (p.227) Original Description

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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
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