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Austrolittorina cincta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)Species Images
On open coastal rocks. 22mm
A common species found on rocks at high-mid tide
Taxonomy: Austrolittorina cincta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinoidea (Superfamily) > Littorinidae (Family) > Littorininae (Subfamily) > Austrolittorina (Genus) > cincta (Species)
Family: Subfamily:
LITTORINIDAE: LITTORININAE
Genus Synonyms:
=Littorina (Austrolittorina) Rosewater, 1970
=Nodilittorina Martens, 1897
Synonymised Names:
=Littorina cincta Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Littorina luctuosa Reeve, 1857
=Melarhaphe zelandiae Finlay, 1926
=Nodilittorina cincta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
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Details: Austrolittorina cincta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Size/Grows to:
Height 24mm, Width 13mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Chatham, Snares and Auckland Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFMAnE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic, Periwinkle
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.96)
  • 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil