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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 and South Islands
Geographical Range:
ACF
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.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)

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