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Taxonomy
Family:
VITRINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Vitrinellidae (Family)
> Circulus (Genus)
> subtatei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cyclostrema subtatei Suter, 1907
Images: Circulus 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:
VITRINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Vitrinellidae (Family)
> Circulus (Genus)
> subtatei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cyclostrema subtatei Suter, 1907
Details: Circulus subtatei (Suter, 1907)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.5mm, Height 1.5mm
Distribution:
Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank
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)

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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