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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Tasmalira (Genus)
> vitrea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Bittium vitreum Suter, 1908
=Tasmalira wellingtonensis Dell, 1956
Images: Tasmalira vitrea (Suter, 1908)
Type of Tasmalira wellingtonensis Dell, 1956, collected Lyall Bay, Wellington, NZ (M.008845). 4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Tasmalira (Genus)
> vitrea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Bittium vitreum Suter, 1908
=Tasmalira wellingtonensis Dell, 1956
Details: Tasmalira vitrea (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.0mm, Width 1.8mm
Distribution:
Southern North Island and South Island
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)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.34) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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