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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)
> viridis (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:
=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
Images: Coelotrochus viridis (Gmelin, 1791)
On rocks at low tide, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 20mm
On rocks at low tide, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 20mm
On rocks at low tide, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 20mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: TROCHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Trochinae (Subfamily)
> Coelotrochus (Genus)
> viridis (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:
=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
Details: Coelotrochus viridis (Gmelin, 1791)
Size/Grows to:
Width 30mm, Height 25mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
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.77)
  • 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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