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Taxonomy
Family:
OMALOGYRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Omalogyroidea (Superfamily)
> Omalogyridae (Family)
> Omalogyra (Genus)
> ammonitoides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ammonicerina O.G. Costa, 1861
=Euomphalus (Omalogyra) Jeffreys, 1859
=Helisalia Laseron, 1954
=Homalogyra Jeffreys, 1867
Synonymised Names:
=Zerotula ammonitoides Powell, 1940
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Taxonomy
Family:
OMALOGYRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Omalogyroidea (Superfamily)
> Omalogyridae (Family)
> Omalogyra (Genus)
> ammonitoides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ammonicerina O.G. Costa, 1861
=Euomphalus (Omalogyra) Jeffreys, 1859
=Helisalia Laseron, 1954
=Homalogyra Jeffreys, 1867
Synonymised Names:
=Zerotula ammonitoides Powell, 1940
Details: Omalogyra ammonitoides (Powell, 1940)
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.35mm, Height 0.4mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island, from 11-18m
Type Data:
  • 11-18 metres, off Mangonui Head, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Warén, A., Lewis, L. 1994 Two new species of Eulimid Gastropods Endoparasitic in Asteroids, The Veliger, 37(3) (p.320)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.248)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1940 The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 (p.236) Original Description

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