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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)
> tiaratus (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:
=Anthora conica Hutton, 1882
=Chlorostoma (Neozelandia) huttoni Cossmann, 1918
=Polydonta elegans Gray, 1835
=Trochus (Coelotrochus) tiaratus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
=Trochus delicatulus Philippi, 1846
=Trochus tiaratus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Images: Coelotrochus tiaratus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
In beach drift, Kaimaumau, Far North, NZ. 16mm
In beach drift, Kaimaumau, Far North, NZ. 16mm
In beach drift, Kaimaumau, Far North, NZ. 16mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: TROCHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Trochinae (Subfamily)
> Coelotrochus (Genus)
> tiaratus (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:
=Anthora conica Hutton, 1882
=Chlorostoma (Neozelandia) huttoni Cossmann, 1918
=Polydonta elegans Gray, 1835
=Trochus (Coelotrochus) tiaratus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
=Trochus delicatulus Philippi, 1846
=Trochus tiaratus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Details: Coelotrochus tiaratus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Size/Grows to:
Width 18mm, Height 15mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, 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.76)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.58)

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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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