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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Spectamen (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Solariella benthicola (Powell, 1937)
=Zeminolia benthicola Powell, 1937
Images: Spectamen benthicola (Powell, 1937)
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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Spectamen (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Solariella benthicola (Powell, 1937)
=Zeminolia benthicola Powell, 1937
Details: Spectamen benthicola (Powell, 1937)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.5mm, Height 5.0mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, and off North Cape
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1999 A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand Region, The Nautilus, 113(1) (p.15)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.64)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.180) Original Description

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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