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Taxonomy
Family:
CHILODONTAIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Chilodontaidae (Family)
> Herpetopoma (Genus)
> mariae (Species)
Images: Herpetopoma mariae Finlay, 1930
Collected in beach drift, Rarawa, Far North, NZ. 6.9mm
Collected in beach drift, Rarawa, Far North, NZ. 6.9mm
Collected in 1988, 50-80 feet, South East Bay, Three Kings Islands, NZ. 17.5mm
Holotype, collected Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (MA70357). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
CHILODONTAIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Chilodontaidae (Family)
> Herpetopoma (Genus)
> mariae (Species)
Details: Herpetopoma mariae Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Height 17mm, Width 14.5mm
Distribution:
Northland
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)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.223) 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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