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Taxonomy
Family:
COLLONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Colloniidae (Family)
> Collonista (Genus)
> kermadecensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Leptothyra kermadecensis B.A. Marshall, 1979
Images: Collonista kermadecensis (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
Holotype, collected 1910, off Raoul Island, NZ (M.230820). 2.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
COLLONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Colloniidae (Family)
> Collonista (Genus)
> kermadecensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Leptothyra kermadecensis B.A. Marshall, 1979
Details: Collonista kermadecensis (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.0mm, Width 2.3mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, from 5-40m
Type Data:
  • 9-35 metres, off Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1979 The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 6(4) (p.549) Original Description

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