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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. © rights reserved
Trawled off Doubtless Bay, Northland, NZ. 55mm. © rights reserved
Trawled off Doubtless Bay, Northland, NZ. 55mm. © rights reserved
Trawled off Doubtless Bay, Northland, NZ. 55mm. © rights reserved
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:
North-eastern and western North Island, and far north-western South Island, from 32-257m
Type Data:
  • 60 metres, W of Cuvier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Carrier Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
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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

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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