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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CERITHIIDAE: BITTIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiidae (Family)
> Bittiinae (Subfamily)
> Zebittium (Genus)
> exile (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bittium Gray, 1847
Synonymised Names:
=Bittium exile (Hutton, 1873)
=Cerithium exile Hutton, 1873
Images: Zebittium exile (Hutton, 1873)
Urupukapuka Island, Bay of Islands, NZ. 5.5mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CERITHIIDAE: BITTIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiidae (Family)
> Bittiinae (Subfamily)
> Zebittium (Genus)
> exile (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bittium Gray, 1847
Synonymised Names:
=Bittium exile (Hutton, 1873)
=Cerithium exile Hutton, 1873
Details: Zebittium exile (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5.5mm, Width 2.0mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.132)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) Original Description

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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