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Taxonomy
Family:
HIPPONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Hipponicidae (Family)
> Malluvium (Genus)
> calcareum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Capulus calcareus Suter, 1909
Images: Malluvium calcareum (Suter, 1909)
Living on Gastropod shells, trawled off White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 11mm. © rights reserved
Living on Gastropod shells, trawled off White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 11mm. © rights reserved
Living on Gastropod shells, trawled off White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 11mm. © rights reserved
Trawled in deep water Bay of Plenty, NZ. 12mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
HIPPONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Hipponicidae (Family)
> Malluvium (Genus)
> calcareum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Capulus calcareus Suter, 1909
Details: Malluvium calcareum (Suter, 1909)
Size/Grows to:
Length 22mm, Width 14mm
Distribution:
West Norfolk Ridge, Middlesex Bank, Three Kings, North, South, Snares, Auckland, Campbell and Chatham Islands, Challenger Plateau and Mernoo Bank, from 94-1006m
Type Data:
  • 190 metres, off Cape Runaway, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Attached to shells
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.146)
  • Suter, H. 1909 Scientific results of the New Zealand government trawling expedition, 1908. Mollusca., Records of the Canterbury Museum, 1 (p.122) 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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