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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Spectamen (Genus)
> tryphenense (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Solariella tryphenensis (Powell, 1930)
=Zeminolia tryphenensis Powell, 1930
Images: Spectamen tryphenense (Powell, 1930)
Holotype, collected in 1924, off Tryphena, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA72175). ~5.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 1924, off Tryphena, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA72175). ~5.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Spectamen (Genus)
> tryphenense (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Solariella tryphenensis (Powell, 1930)
=Zeminolia tryphenensis Powell, 1930
Details: Spectamen tryphenense (Powell, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.7mm, Height 4.8mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island as far south as Mayor Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Williams, S.T., Kano, Y., Warén, A., Herbert, D.G. 2020 Marrying molecules and morphology: first steps towards a reevaluation of solariellid genera (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) in the light of molecular phylogenetic studies, Journal of Molluscan Studies, 86 (p.20)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1999 A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand Region, The Nautilus, 113(1) (p.14)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.65)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1930 New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water Dredgings, Part 1, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 60 (p.534) 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
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