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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)
On mud flats, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, NZ. 16mm. © rights reserved
On rocks and dead branches at mid tide. Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. 15mm. © rights reserved
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, north-western (Golden Bay) and eastern South Island, and Chatham Islands. Introduced to New South Wales, Australia & now established, from 0m
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.131)

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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