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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
Living on Gastropod shells, trawled off White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 11mm
Living on Gastropod shells, trawled off White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 11mm
Trawled in deep water Bay of Plenty, NZ. 12mm
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:
North, South, Chatham Islands, and southern ocean. Also Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
KACM
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

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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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