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Taxonomy
Family:
CHILODONTAIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Chilodontaidae (Family)
> Herpetopoma (Genus)
> bellum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Euchelus bellus Hutton, 1873
=Huttonia iricolor Kirk, 1882
Images: Herpetopoma bellum (Hutton, 1873)
Syntype of Euchelus bellus Hutton, collected Chatham Island, NZ (M.000221). 6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CHILODONTAIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Chilodontaidae (Family)
> Herpetopoma (Genus)
> bellum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Euchelus bellus Hutton, 1873
=Huttonia iricolor Kirk, 1882
Details: Herpetopoma bellum (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 6.5mm, Width 6.5mm
Distribution:
North Island, northern South Island and Chatham Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Common under stones at low tide, often covered by a bright red or orange sponge
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.52)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) Original Description

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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