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Taxonomy
Family:
BATILLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Batillariidae (Family)
> Zeacumantus (Genus)
> lutulentus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Ataxocerithium perplexum P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1919
=Cerithium bicarinatum Gray, 1843
=Cerithium lutulentum Kiener, 1841
Images: Zeacumantus lutulentus (Kiener, 1841)
Waipu Estuary, Northland. 31mm
Found commonly on mid-tidal mud flats. 29mm
Taxonomy
Family:
BATILLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Batillariidae (Family)
> Zeacumantus (Genus)
> lutulentus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Ataxocerithium perplexum P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1919
=Cerithium bicarinatum Gray, 1843
=Cerithium lutulentum Kiener, 1841
Details: Zeacumantus lutulentus (Kiener, 1841)
Size/Grows to:
Height 40mm, Width 12mm
Distribution:
North Island and northern part of South Island. Common on mid-tidal mud flats
Geographical Range:
ACE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic, Distinct strong axial ribs
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.131)

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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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