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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
On low tidal rocks, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 8-10mm
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:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
KACFM
Notes:
Blue Periwinkle, Marine, Native - Endemic
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)

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