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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
Geographical Range:
CF
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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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