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Taxonomy
Family:
TORNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tornidae (Family)
> Elachorbis (Genus)
> subtatei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cyclostrema subtatei Suter, 1907
Images: Elachorbis subtatei (Suter, 1907)
Holotype, collected 22 Jan 1904, 1.61 km SW of Channel Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.001054). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
TORNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tornidae (Family)
> Elachorbis (Genus)
> subtatei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cyclostrema subtatei Suter, 1907
Details: Elachorbis subtatei (Suter, 1907)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.5mm, Height 1.5mm
Distribution:
Northland to Snares Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFAn
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.74)
  • Suter, H. 1907 Results of dredging in Hauraki Gulf; with descriptions of seven new species., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 39 (p.258) 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
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