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Taxonomy
Family:
CAPULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Capuloidea (Superfamily)
> Capulidae (Family)
> Trichosirius (Genus)
> cavatocarinatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithioderma cavatocarinata Laws, 1940
=Trichosirius (Trichosirius) cavatocarinatus (Laws, 1940) accepted, alternate representation
Images: Trichosirius cavatocarinatus (Laws, 1940)
Dredged on edge of Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 6mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CAPULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Capuloidea (Superfamily)
> Capulidae (Family)
> Trichosirius (Genus)
> cavatocarinatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithioderma cavatocarinata Laws, 1940
=Trichosirius (Trichosirius) cavatocarinatus (Laws, 1940) accepted, alternate representation
Details: Trichosirius cavatocarinatus (Laws, 1940)
Size/Grows to:
Height 17.5mm, Width 11.2mm
Distribution:
Western Cook Strait, eastern and south-western South Island, and Stewart Island. 55-550 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.147)
  • Laws, C.R. 1940 Paleontological study of Nukumaruan and Waitotaran rocks near Wanganui., Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 (p.52) 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