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Taxonomy
Family:
TURBINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Turbinidae (Family)
> Cookia (Genus)
> sulcata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Astraea cookii (Gmelin, 1791)
=Astraea sulcata (Martyn, 1784)
=Astralium pyramidale Webster, 1905
=Cookia novaezelandiae Lesson, 1832
=Cookia sulcata (Gmelin, 1791)
=Imperator davisii Stowe, 1872
=Trochus cookii Gmelin, 1791
=Trochus sulcatus Martyn, 1784
=Trochus sulcatus Lightfoot, 1786
=Turbo sulcatus Gmelin, 1791
Images: Cookia sulcata (Lightfoot, 1786)
Low tide, Tolaga Bay, NZ. 80mm. © rights reserved
Low tide, Tolaga Bay, NZ. 80mm. © rights reserved
Low tide, Tolaga Bay, NZ. 80mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
TURBINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Turbinidae (Family)
> Cookia (Genus)
> sulcata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Astraea cookii (Gmelin, 1791)
=Astraea sulcata (Martyn, 1784)
=Astralium pyramidale Webster, 1905
=Cookia novaezelandiae Lesson, 1832
=Cookia sulcata (Gmelin, 1791)
=Imperator davisii Stowe, 1872
=Trochus cookii Gmelin, 1791
=Trochus sulcatus Martyn, 1784
=Trochus sulcatus Lightfoot, 1786
=Turbo sulcatus Gmelin, 1791
Details: Cookia sulcata (Lightfoot, 1786)
Size/Grows to:
Width 124mm, Height 90mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-42m
Notes:
Cooks Turban Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.67)

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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