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Taxonomy
Family:
CAPULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Capuloidea (Superfamily)
> Capulidae (Family)
> Capulus (Genus)
> novaezelandiae (Species)
Images: Capulus novaezelandiae Dell, 1978
Holotype, collected 16 Dec 1976, Campbell Plateau, NZ (M.058360). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 16 Dec 1976, Campbell Plateau, NZ (M.058360). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Trawled in 600 metres on Acesta maui, Chatham Rise, NZ. ~30mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CAPULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Capuloidea (Superfamily)
> Capulidae (Family)
> Capulus (Genus)
> novaezelandiae (Species)
Details: Capulus novaezelandiae Dell, 1978
Size/Grows to:
Length 35mm
Distribution:
Central NZ. Chatham Rise and Campbell Plateau, around 400-550 metres
Geographical Range:
CE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic, Living on Acesta shells
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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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