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Taxonomy
Family:
VERMETIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vermetoidea (Superfamily)
> Vermetidae (Family)
> Dendropoma (Genus)
> squamiferum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bivonia Gray, 1842
=Siphonium Gray, 1850
=Veristoa Iredale, 1937
=Vermetus (Bivonia) Gray, 1842
Images: Dendropoma squamiferum Ponder, 1967
Washed up on the drift line, Far North, NZ. 70mm long, aperture 10mm diameter. © rights reserved
Washed up on the drift line, Far North, NZ. 70mm long, aperture 10mm diameter. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
VERMETIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vermetoidea (Superfamily)
> Vermetidae (Family)
> Dendropoma (Genus)
> squamiferum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bivonia Gray, 1842
=Siphonium Gray, 1850
=Veristoa Iredale, 1937
=Vermetus (Bivonia) Gray, 1842
Details: Dendropoma squamiferum Ponder, 1967
Size/Grows to:
Diameter 10mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King banks, off Cape Reinga, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 0-143m
Type Data:
  • 90 metres, off Cape Karikari, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Attached to rocks
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.129)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1967 A new species of Dendropoma from New Zealand (Mollusca; Vermetidae), Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 10(2) (p.17) 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
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