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Taxonomy
Family:
VERMETIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vermetoidea (Superfamily)
> Vermetidae (Family)
> Thylacodes (Genus)
> zelandicus (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 zelandicus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
=Vermetus zelandicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
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Taxonomy
Family:
VERMETIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vermetoidea (Superfamily)
> Vermetidae (Family)
> Thylacodes (Genus)
> zelandicus (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 zelandicus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
=Vermetus zelandicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Details: Thylacodes zelandicus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Size/Grows to:
Diameter 10mm
Distribution:
North and South Islands, often on Atrina shells
Geographical Range:
A
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.128)

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil