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Taxonomy
Family:
VERMETIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vermetoidea (Superfamily)
> Vermetidae (Family)
> Thylacodes (Genus)
> aotearoicus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aletes Carpenter, 1857
=Cladopoda Gray, 1850
=Serpulorbis Sasso, 1827
=Serpulus (Tetranemia) Mörch, 1859
=Tetranemia Mörch, 1859
=Tulaxoda Blainville, 1828
=Tulaxodus Guettard, 1770
Synonymised Names:
=Serpulorbis aotearoicus Morton, 1951
Images: Thylacodes aotearoicus Morton, 1951
Henderson Bay, Far North, in beach drift. 41mm. © rights reserved
Henderson Bay, Far North, in beach drift. 50mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
VERMETIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vermetoidea (Superfamily)
> Vermetidae (Family)
> Thylacodes (Genus)
> aotearoicus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aletes Carpenter, 1857
=Cladopoda Gray, 1850
=Serpulorbis Sasso, 1827
=Serpulus (Tetranemia) Mörch, 1859
=Tetranemia Mörch, 1859
=Tulaxoda Blainville, 1828
=Tulaxodus Guettard, 1770
Synonymised Names:
=Serpulorbis aotearoicus Morton, 1951
Details: Thylacodes aotearoicus Morton, 1951
Distribution:
Raoul Island, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Motuhora Island, from 0-33m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Description:
Darker colour than Thylacodes zelandicus

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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.128)
  • Morton, J.E. 1951 The structure and adaptations of the New Zealand Vermetidae, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 79(1) (p.5) 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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