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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)
> dilatatus (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 (Cantharidus) dilatatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870) accepted, alternate representation
=Chrysostoma simulata Hutton, 1873
=Elenchus dilatatus G.B. Sowerby II, 1870
=Micrelenchus (Plumbelenchus) dilatatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
=Micrelenchus dilatatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
=Photinula suteri E.A. Smith, 1894
Images: Cantharidus dilatatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
Taupiri Bay, Northland, in beach drift. 9mm
Taupiri Bay, Northland, in beach drift. 9mm
In beach drift, Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ. 6mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: CANTHARIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Cantharidinae (Subfamily)
> Cantharidus (Genus)
> dilatatus (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 (Cantharidus) dilatatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870) accepted, alternate representation
=Chrysostoma simulata Hutton, 1873
=Elenchus dilatatus G.B. Sowerby II, 1870
=Micrelenchus (Plumbelenchus) dilatatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
=Micrelenchus dilatatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
=Photinula suteri E.A. Smith, 1894
Details: Cantharidus dilatatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
Size/Grows to:
Height 9mm, Width 8mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. On kelp at low tide to about 5 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1998 The New Zealand Recent species of Cantharidus Montfort, 1810 and Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), Molluscan Research, 19 (p.132)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.56)

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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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