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Taxonomy
Family:
VERMETIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vermetoidea (Superfamily)
> Vermetidae (Family)
> Dendropoma (Genus)
> planatum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bivonia Gray, 1842
=Siphonium Gray, 1850
=Veristoa Iredale, 1937
=Vermetus (Bivonia) Gray, 1842
Synonymised Names:
=Siphonium planatum Suter, 1913
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Taxonomy
Family:
VERMETIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vermetoidea (Superfamily)
> Vermetidae (Family)
> Dendropoma (Genus)
> planatum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bivonia Gray, 1842
=Siphonium Gray, 1850
=Veristoa Iredale, 1937
=Vermetus (Bivonia) Gray, 1842
Synonymised Names:
=Siphonium planatum Suter, 1913
Details: Dendropoma planatum (Suter, 1913)
Size/Grows to:
Width 10mm, Height 4mm
Distribution:
Kapati Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.129)
  • Suter, H. 1913 Descriptions of two new marine shells from New Zealand, Records of the Canterbury Museum, 2 (p.57) Original Description

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