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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. © rights reserved
On rocks at low tide, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 20mm. © rights reserved
On rocks at low tide, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 20mm. © 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)
> 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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