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Taxonomy
Family:
VERMETIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vermetoidea (Superfamily)
> Vermetidae (Family)
> Novastoa (Genus)
> lamellosa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Siphonium lamellosum Hutton, 1873
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Taxonomy
Family:
VERMETIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vermetoidea (Superfamily)
> Vermetidae (Family)
> Novastoa (Genus)
> lamellosa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Siphonium lamellosum Hutton, 1873
Details: Novastoa lamellosa (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Diameter 6mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, North and south-western South Island, and Chatham Islands, from 0-246m
Type Data:
  • Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype)
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.129)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) (p.30) 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