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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. © rights reserved
On seaweed and under rocks at low tide, Tutukaka Harbour, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 6mm. © rights reserved
On seaweed and under rocks at low tide, Tutukaka Harbour, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 6mm. © rights reserved
On the underside of stones at low tide. Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 5mm. © rights reserved
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
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Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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