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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. © rights reserved
Under stones and rocks at extreme high tide, Far North, NZ. 2mm. © rights reserved
Living under damp rocks at high tide, Far North, NZ. 2mm. © rights reserved
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:
North Island, north-eastern South Island and Chatham Islands, from 0m
Type Data:
  • Napier, pre-earthquake Inner Harbour, Hawkes Bay, NZ, (paralectotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, In splash zone
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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

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
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