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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LITTORINIDAE: LITTORININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Littorinoidea (Superfamily)
> Littorinidae (Family)
> Littorininae (Subfamily)
> Austrolittorina (Genus)
> antipodum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Littorina (Austrolittorina) Rosewater, 1970
=Nodilittorina Martens, 1897
Synonymised Names:
=Litorina antipodum Philippi, 1847
=Melarhaphe oliveri Finlay, 1930
=Nodilittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847)
Images: Austrolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847)
Found throughout the country on high tidal rocks. 15mm. © rights reserved
On low tidal rocks, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 8-10mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LITTORINIDAE: LITTORININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Littorinoidea (Superfamily)
> Littorinidae (Family)
> Littorininae (Subfamily)
> Austrolittorina (Genus)
> antipodum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Littorina (Austrolittorina) Rosewater, 1970
=Nodilittorina Martens, 1897
Synonymised Names:
=Litorina antipodum Philippi, 1847
=Melarhaphe oliveri Finlay, 1930
=Nodilittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847)
Details: Austrolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847)
Size/Grows to:
Height 19mm, Width 12mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands, from 0m
Notes:
Blue Periwinkle, Marine, Native - Endemic, Living near high tide level
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Reid, D.G., Williams, S.T. 2004 The subfamily Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the temperate Southern Hemisphere: the genera Nodilittorina, Austrolittorina and Afrolittorina, Records of the Australian Museum, 56 (p.92)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.215)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.87)

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