Coelotrochus viridis (Gmelin, 1791)Species Images
On rocks at low tide, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 20mm
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Taxonomy: Coelotrochus viridis (Gmelin, 1791)
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Trochida (Order) > Trochoidea (Superfamily) > Trochidae (Family) > Trochinae (Subfamily) > Coelotrochus (Genus) > viridis (Species)
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: TROCHINAE
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
=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:
=Polydonta (Infundibulum) tritonis A. Adams, 1855
=Polydonta tuberculata Gray, 1843
=Polydonta viridescens A. Adams, 1853
=Trochus (Thorista) viridis Gmelin, 1791
=Trochus acinosus Gould, 1849
=Trochus fulvolabris Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
=Trochus viridis Gmelin, 1791
=Polydonta tuberculata Gray, 1843
=Polydonta viridescens A. Adams, 1853
=Trochus (Thorista) viridis Gmelin, 1791
=Trochus acinosus Gould, 1849
=Trochus fulvolabris Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
=Trochus viridis Gmelin, 1791
Details: Coelotrochus viridis (Gmelin, 1791)
Size/Grows to:
Width 30mm, Height 25mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFMR.Fo.E.
Notes:
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.77)
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.58)
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Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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