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Taxonomy
Family:
TURBINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Turbinidae (Family)
> Lunella (Genus)
> smaragda (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lunella (Lunella) Röding, 1798
=Lunella (Ninella) Gray, 1850
=Lunella (Subninella) Thiele, 1929
=Ninella Gray, 1850
=Subninella Thiele, 1929
=Turbo (Lunella) Röding, 1798
Synonymised Names:
=Turbo (Lunella) radina Webster, 1905
=Turbo (Turbo) smaragdus Gmelin, 1791
=Turbo radina Webster, 1905
=Turbo smaragdus Gmelin, 1791
=Turbo smaragdus var. tricostatus Hutton, 1884
=Turbo tricostatus Hutton, 1884
Images: Lunella smaragda (Gmelin, 1791)
Horseshoe Bay, Stewart Island, NZ. 70mm. © rights reserved
Horseshoe Bay, Stewart Island, NZ. 76mm. © rights reserved
In rock pools at low tide, Rarawa, Far North, NZ. 45mm. © rights reserved
Juvenile showing radial ridges. In rock pool at low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 15-20mm. © rights reserved
Juvenile showing spiral ridges. On rocks at low tide, Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. 15mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
TURBINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Turbinidae (Family)
> Lunella (Genus)
> smaragda (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lunella (Lunella) Röding, 1798
=Lunella (Ninella) Gray, 1850
=Lunella (Subninella) Thiele, 1929
=Ninella Gray, 1850
=Subninella Thiele, 1929
=Turbo (Lunella) Röding, 1798
Synonymised Names:
=Turbo (Lunella) radina Webster, 1905
=Turbo (Turbo) smaragdus Gmelin, 1791
=Turbo radina Webster, 1905
=Turbo smaragdus Gmelin, 1791
=Turbo smaragdus var. tricostatus Hutton, 1884
=Turbo tricostatus Hutton, 1884
Details: Lunella smaragda (Gmelin, 1791)
Size/Grows to:
Width 91mm, Height 84mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-20m
Notes:
Common Cats Eye, Pupu, Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Walton, K. Nov/2015 New records of intertidal and shallow sub-tidal (to 30 m) Mollusca from the Chatham Islands, Cookia, 27 (p.3)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.66)
  • Walsby, J.R. 1977 Population variation in the grazing turbinid Lunella smaragda (Mollusca: Gastropoda), New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 11(2) (p.211)

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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