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Taxonomy
Family:
CHILODONTAIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Chilodontaidae (Family)
> Herpetopoma (Genus)
> larochei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Euchelus (Herpetopoma) larochei Powell, 1926
Images: Herpetopoma larochei (Powell, 1926)
Holotype, collected off Taupo Bay, Whangaroa, Northland, NZ (MA72060). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected off Taupo Bay, Whangaroa, Northland, NZ (MA72060). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
CHILODONTAIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Chilodontaidae (Family)
> Herpetopoma (Genus)
> larochei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Euchelus (Herpetopoma) larochei Powell, 1926
Details: Herpetopoma larochei (Powell, 1926)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.9mm, Width 5.0mm
Distribution:
North Island, Northland to Mahia
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.52)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1926 Descriptions of two new gastropods from Whangaroa, New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 17(1) (p.36) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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