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Taxonomy
Family:
ASSIMINEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Assimineidae (Family)
> Suterilla (Genus)
> neozelanica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cirsonella neozelanica Murdoch, 1899
Images: Suterilla neozelanica (Murdoch, 1988)
Found under stones and rocks at extreme high tide, Far North, NZ. 2mm
Under stones and rocks at extreme high tide, Far North, NZ. 2mm
Living under damp rocks at high tide, Far North, NZ. 2mm
Taxonomy
Family:
ASSIMINEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Assimineidae (Family)
> Suterilla (Genus)
> neozelanica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cirsonella neozelanica Murdoch, 1899
Details: Suterilla neozelanica (Murdoch, 1988)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.75mm, Width 2.3mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, Northland to Napier and Chatham Islands. In splash zone
Geographical Range:
ACM
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Walton, K. Nov/2015 New records of intertidal and shallow sub-tidal (to 30 m) Mollusca from the Chatham Islands, Cookia, 27 (p.3)
  • Fukuda, H., Ponder, W.F., Marshall, B.A. 2006 Anatomy and relationships of Suterilla Thiele (Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae) with descriptions of four new species, Molluscan Research, 26(3) (p.147)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.125)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1934 The High-Tidal Mollusca of Rangitoto Island, Auckland; with descriptions of a new Genus and two new Species, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 63 (p.147)
  • Murdoch, R. 1899 Murdoch, R. (1899). Description of Sigaretus? drewi n.sp. (fossil), and Cirsonella? neozelanica, n.sp., from New Zealand; with notes on some New Zealand land mollusca, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 3 (p.320) Original Description

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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
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