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Taxonomy
Family:
BATILLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Batillariidae (Family)
> Zeacumantus (Genus)
> subcarinatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithidea tricarinata Hutton, 1883
=Cerithium subcarinatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Images: Zeacumantus subcarinatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
Waitemata Harbour, Auckland. On mud flats. 16mm
On rocks and dead branches at mid tide. Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. 15mm
Taxonomy
Family:
BATILLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Batillariidae (Family)
> Zeacumantus (Genus)
> subcarinatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithidea tricarinata Hutton, 1883
=Cerithium subcarinatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Details: Zeacumantus subcarinatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
Size/Grows to:
Height 19mm, Width 7mm
Distribution:
North Island and northern part of South Island, and Chatham Islands. Introduced to New South Wales, Australia & now established
Geographical Range:
ACFME.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.131)

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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