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Taxonomy
Family:
CALYPTRAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Calyptraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Calyptraeidae (Family)
> Sigapatella (Genus)
> spadicea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Calyptraea (Sigapatella) Lesson, 1831
=Clypeola Gray, 1868
=Sigapatella (Sigapatella) Lesson, 1831
=Sigapatella (Spirogalerus) Finlay & Marwick, 1937
=Spirogalerus Finlay & Marwick, 1937
=Zegalerus Finlay, 1926
Images: Sigapatella spadicea Boshier, 1961
Dredged, Tasman Bay, NZ. 18mm
Holotype, collected 5 Sep 1956, N of Kapiti Island, NZ (M.018089). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 5 Sep 1956, N of Kapiti Island, NZ (M.018089). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CALYPTRAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Calyptraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Calyptraeidae (Family)
> Sigapatella (Genus)
> spadicea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Calyptraea (Sigapatella) Lesson, 1831
=Clypeola Gray, 1868
=Sigapatella (Sigapatella) Lesson, 1831
=Sigapatella (Spirogalerus) Finlay & Marwick, 1937
=Spirogalerus Finlay & Marwick, 1937
=Zegalerus Finlay, 1926
Details: Sigapatella spadicea Boshier, 1961
Size/Grows to:
Length 21mm, Width 18mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island. 4-533 metres attached to hard substrate/shells
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Spinose surface periostracum/epidermis
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Boshier, D.P. 1961 A new species of Sigapatella (S. spadicea), Journal de Conchyliologie, 101 (p.104) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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