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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: TROCHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Trochinae (Subfamily)
> Coelotrochus (Genus)
> oppressus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anthora Gray, 1857
=Chlorostoma (Neozelandia) Cossmann, 1918
=Thorista Iredale, 1915
=Thoristella Iredale, 1915
=Trochus (Anthora) Gray, 1857
=Trochus (Coelotrochus) P. Fischer, 1879
=Trochus (Thorista) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Gibbula oppressa Hutton, 1878
=Thoristella oppressa (Hutton, 1878)
=Trochus (Infundibulum) oppressus (Hutton, 1878)
=Trochus oppressus (Hutton, 1878)
Images: Coelotrochus oppressus (Hutton, 1878)
On seaweed and under rocks at low tide, Tutukaka Harbour, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 6mm
On seaweed and under rocks at low tide, Tutukaka Harbour, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 6mm
On seaweed and under rocks at low tide, Tutukaka Harbour, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 6mm
On the underside of stones at low tide. Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 5mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: TROCHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Trochinae (Subfamily)
> Coelotrochus (Genus)
> oppressus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anthora Gray, 1857
=Chlorostoma (Neozelandia) Cossmann, 1918
=Thorista Iredale, 1915
=Thoristella Iredale, 1915
=Trochus (Anthora) Gray, 1857
=Trochus (Coelotrochus) P. Fischer, 1879
=Trochus (Thorista) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Gibbula oppressa Hutton, 1878
=Thoristella oppressa (Hutton, 1878)
=Trochus (Infundibulum) oppressus (Hutton, 1878)
=Trochus oppressus (Hutton, 1878)
Details: Coelotrochus oppressus (Hutton, 1878)
Size/Grows to:
Width 6mm, Height 5.5mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, North Island to Mahia
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1998 A review of the Recent Trochini of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), Molluscan Research, 19 (p.91)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.60)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1878 Révision des coquilles de la Nouvelle-Zélande et des Iles Chatham, Journal de Conchyliologie, 26 (p.32) 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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