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Taxonomy
Family:
XENOPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Xenophoroidea (Superfamily)
> Xenophoridae (Family)
> Xenophora (Genus)
> neozelanica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Xenophora (Xenophora) neozelanica Suter, 1908 accepted, alternate representation
=Xenophora (Xenophora) neozelanica neozelanica Suter, 1908
Images: Xenophora neozelanica Suter, 1908
Trawled off Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 58mm
Trawled off Doubtless Bay, Northland, NZ. 55mm
Trawled off Doubtless Bay, Northland, NZ. 55mm
Trawled off Doubtless Bay, Northland, NZ. 55mm
Taxonomy
Family:
XENOPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Xenophoroidea (Superfamily)
> Xenophoridae (Family)
> Xenophora (Genus)
> neozelanica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Xenophora (Xenophora) neozelanica Suter, 1908 accepted, alternate representation
=Xenophora (Xenophora) neozelanica neozelanica Suter, 1908
Details: Xenophora neozelanica Suter, 1908
Size/Grows to:
Width 60mm, Height 45mm
Distribution:
Northland to Cook Strait, dredged 40-100 metres
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Carrier Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Enderby, T., Enderby, J. Oct/2006 The Original Shell Collector - The Carrier Shell, Poirieria, 32 (p.34)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1983 A Revision of Xenophoridae of the World and of the Australian Fossil Species (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Australian Museum Memoir, 17 (p.33)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.150)
  • Barnes, T. Mar/1972 Notes of Interest: Xenophora neozelandica, Poirieria, 6(3) (p.58)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Result of dredging for Mollusca near Cuvier Island, with descriptions of new species., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 40 (p.346) Original Description

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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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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