NZ Mollusca - Pelicaria vermis

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Taxonomy

Family:

STRUTHIOLARIIDAE

Full Classification:

Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Stromboidea (Superfamily)
> Struthiolariidae (Family)
> Pelicaria (Genus)
> vermis (Species)

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Synonymised Names:

=Buccinum vermis Martyn, 1784
=Murex australis Gmelin, 1791
=Pelicaria acuminata (Marwick, 1924)
=Pelicaria convexa (Marwick, 1924)
=Pelicaria fossa (Marwick, 1924)
=Pelicaria mangaoparia Vella, 1953
=Pelicaria rotunda Vella, 1953
=Pelicaria vermis bradleyi (Neef, 1970)
=Pelicaria vermis flemingi (Neef, 1970)
=Pelicaria vermis grahami (Neef, 1970)
=Pelicaria vermis powelli (Neef, 1970)
=Pelicaria vermis vermis (Martyn, 1784)
=Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis Martyn, 1784
=Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis bradleyi Neef, 1970
=Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis flemingi Neef, 1970
=Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis grahami Neef, 1970
=Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis powelli Neef, 1970
=Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis vellae Neef, 1970
=Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) wellmani Neef, 1970
=Struthiolaria acuminata Marwick, 1924
=Struthiolaria convexa Marwick, 1924
=Struthiolaria crenulata Lamarck, 1822
=Struthiolaria fossa Marwick, 1924
=Struthiolaria inermis G.B. Sowerby I, 1821
=Struthiolaria media Marwick, 1924
=Struthiolaria tricarinata Lesson, 1841
=Struthiolaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
=Struthiolaria vermis bradleyi Neef, 1970
=Struthiolaria vermis flemingi Neef, 1970
=Struthiolaria vermis grahami Neef, 1970
=Struthiolaria vermis powelli Neef, 1970
=Struthiolaria vermis vellai Neef, 1970
=Struthiolaria vermis wellmani Neef, 1970

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WoRMS (Marine Species)

Images: Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)

In shallow water, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 38mm

Tory Channel, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 41mm

(flemingi form) - In beach drift, Te Arai Point, Northland, NZ. 53mm

Not uncommon from low tide down to about 50 fathoms

Taxonomy

Family:

STRUTHIOLARIIDAE

Full Classification:

Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Stromboidea (Superfamily)
> Struthiolariidae (Family)
> Pelicaria (Genus)
> vermis (Species)

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Details: Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)

Size/Grows to:

Height 54mm, Width 36mm

Distribution:

North and South Islands. On tidal flats and off sandy beaches, occasionally to depths of 90 metres

Geographical Range:

ACF

Notes:

Small Ostrich Foot, Takai, Marine, Native - Endemic

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Distribution Map

References and Publications

Morton, J.E. Apr/1997 The Strombacea Re-visited Part 1, Strithiolaria and Aporrhais, Poirieria, 20 (p.1)
Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.143)
Sep/1977 Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) veris flemingi Neef, Poirieria, 9(2) (p.32)
Martyn, T. 1784 The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells 1-4, vol 1-4 Original Description

Key to 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.

Kermadec Islands

Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape

Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island

Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island

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