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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)
> Trochus (Genus)
> camelophorus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Camelotrochus B.A. Marshall, 1998
=Trochus (Camelotrochus) B.A. Marshall, 1998 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Trochus (Camelotrochus) camelophorus Webster, 1906 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Trochus camelophorus Webster, 1906
In beach drift from the Far North, NZ. 11mm. © rights reserved
In beach drift from the Far North, NZ. 10mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected pre 1929, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (MA70776). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected pre 1929, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (MA70776). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: TROCHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Trochinae (Subfamily)
> Trochus (Genus)
> camelophorus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Camelotrochus B.A. Marshall, 1998
=Trochus (Camelotrochus) B.A. Marshall, 1998 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Trochus (Camelotrochus) camelophorus Webster, 1906 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Trochus camelophorus Webster, 1906
Size/Grows to:
Width 13mm, Height 11mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands, Northland to East Cape. 0-228 metres and in beach drift
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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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