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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)
> Roseaplagis (Genus)
> caelatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cantharidus caelatus Hutton, 1884
=Cantharidus sanguineus var. caelatus Hutton, 1884
=Micrelenchus caelatus (Hutton, 1884)
Images: Roseaplagis caelatus Hutton, 1884
Foveaux Strait oyster beds, NZ. 4.5mm
Foveaux Strait oyster beds, NZ. 4.5mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: CANTHARIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Cantharidinae (Subfamily)
> Roseaplagis (Genus)
> caelatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cantharidus caelatus Hutton, 1884
=Cantharidus sanguineus var. caelatus Hutton, 1884
=Micrelenchus caelatus (Hutton, 1884)
Details: Roseaplagis caelatus Hutton, 1884
Size/Grows to:
Height 6mm, Width 5mm
Distribution:
Otago to Stewart Island, Snares Islands
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.55)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1884 Revision of the recent rhipidoglossate and docoglossate Mollusca of New Zealand, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 9 (p.363) 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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