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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
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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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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