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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)
> artizona (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cantharidus artizona A. Adams, 1853
=Cantharidus sanguineus bakeri (Fleming, 1948)
=Cantharidus sanguineus var. elongata Suter, 1897
=Gibbula (Cantharidella) micans Suter, 1897
=Gibbula micans Suter, 1897
=Micrelenchus (Plumbelenchus) artizona (A. Adams, 1853)
=Micrelenchus artizona (A. Adams, 1853)
=Micrelenchus sanguineus bakeri Fleming, 1948
Images: Roseaplagis artizona A. Adams, 1853
Stewart Island, NZ. 5.5mm. © rights reserved
In beach drift, Tahunanui Beach, Nelson, NZ. 5.25mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: CANTHARIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Cantharidinae (Subfamily)
> Roseaplagis (Genus)
> artizona (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cantharidus artizona A. Adams, 1853
=Cantharidus sanguineus bakeri (Fleming, 1948)
=Cantharidus sanguineus var. elongata Suter, 1897
=Gibbula (Cantharidella) micans Suter, 1897
=Gibbula micans Suter, 1897
=Micrelenchus (Plumbelenchus) artizona (A. Adams, 1853)
=Micrelenchus artizona (A. Adams, 1853)
=Micrelenchus sanguineus bakeri Fleming, 1948
Details: Roseaplagis artizona A. Adams, 1853
Size/Grows to:
Height 8mm, Width 6mm
Distribution:
Southern North Island as far north as New Plymouth, and South and Stewart Islands, from 0-585m
Type Data:
  • Lyall Bay, Wellington, NZ, (paralectotype of Micrelenchus sanguineus elongatus Suter, 1897)
  • North Port, Chalky Inlet, Fiordland, NZ, (paratype of Micrelenchus sanguineus elongatus Suter, 1897)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1998 The New Zealand Recent species of Cantharidus Montfort, 1810 and Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), Molluscan Research, 19 (p.137)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.56)
  • Adams, A. 1853 Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gasteropodous Mollusca, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 19 (p.170) Original Description

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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