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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LITTORINIDAE: LAEVILITORININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Littorinoidea (Superfamily)
> Littorinidae (Family)
> Laevilitorininae (Subfamily)
> Laevilitorina (Genus)
> caliginosa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laevilitorina (Macquariella) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Laevilitorina (Rissolittorina) Ponder, 1966 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Hydrobia caliginosa Gould, 1849
=Laevilitorina coriacea (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
=Laevilitorina elongata Pelseneer, 1903
=Littorina caliginosa Gould, 1849
=Littorina coriacea Melvill & Standen, 1907
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LITTORINIDAE: LAEVILITORININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Littorinoidea (Superfamily)
> Littorinidae (Family)
> Laevilitorininae (Subfamily)
> Laevilitorina (Genus)
> caliginosa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laevilitorina (Macquariella) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Laevilitorina (Rissolittorina) Ponder, 1966 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Hydrobia caliginosa Gould, 1849
=Laevilitorina coriacea (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
=Laevilitorina elongata Pelseneer, 1903
=Littorina caliginosa Gould, 1849
=Littorina coriacea Melvill & Standen, 1907
Details: Laevilitorina caliginosa (Gould, 1849)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5.7mm, Width 3.1mm
Distribution:
Kerguelen and Macquarie Islands
Geographical Range:
An
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.87)
  • Gould, A. 1849 Descriptions of new species of shells, brought home by the U. S. Exploring Expedition, Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 3 (p.83) Original Description

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