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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
Low tide, Tolaga Bay, NZ. 80mm
Low tide, Tolaga Bay, NZ. 80mm
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 and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Cooks Turban Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.67)

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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