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Taxonomy
Family:
CHILODONTAIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Chilodontaidae (Family)
> Herpetopoma (Genus)
> alacerrimum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Herpetopoma larochei alacerrima Dell, 1956
Images: Herpetopoma alacerrimum Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected 02 Sep 1951, off Stephens Island, Cook Strait, NZ (M.008833). 4.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
In beach drift, Waihau Bay, SW of Cape Runaway, NZ. 4.5mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CHILODONTAIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Chilodontaidae (Family)
> Herpetopoma (Genus)
> alacerrimum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Herpetopoma larochei alacerrima Dell, 1956
Details: Herpetopoma alacerrimum Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Width 5mm, Height 5mm
Distribution:
North Island and Chatham Islands
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)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.34) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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