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Taxonomy
Family:
TORNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tornidae (Family)
> Cochliolepis (Genus)
> albiceratus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cochliolepis albicerata Ponder, 1966
Images: Cochliolepis albiceratus Ponder, 1966
Holotype, in mid-tidal pools, Pukerua Bay, Wellington, NZ (MA71339). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
TORNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tornidae (Family)
> Cochliolepis (Genus)
> albiceratus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cochliolepis albicerata Ponder, 1966
Details: Cochliolepis albiceratus Ponder, 1966
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.08mm, Height 0.49mm
Distribution:
North Island, and South Island as far south as Waikouaiti
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.121)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1966 On a subterranean snail and a tornid from New Zealand, Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 10 (p.38) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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