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Taxonomy
Family:
TORNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tornidae (Family)
> Scrupus (Genus)
> hyalinus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fossarus hyalinus Odhner, 1924
Images: Scrupus hyalinus (Odhner, 1924)
Off Motiti Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 2mm
Taxonomy
Family:
TORNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tornidae (Family)
> Scrupus (Genus)
> hyalinus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fossarus hyalinus Odhner, 1924
Details: Scrupus hyalinus (Odhner, 1924)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2mm, Width 1.3mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands, off Poor Knights Islands, Colville Channel, also Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
AME.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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