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Taxonomy
Family:
CAPULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Capuloidea (Superfamily)
> Capulidae (Family)
> Trichosirius (Genus)
> octocarinatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trichosirius (Trichosirius) octocarinatus Powell, 1931 accepted, alternate representation
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Taxonomy
Family:
CAPULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Capuloidea (Superfamily)
> Capulidae (Family)
> Trichosirius (Genus)
> octocarinatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trichosirius (Trichosirius) octocarinatus Powell, 1931 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Trichosirius octocarinatus Powell, 1931
Size/Grows to:
Height 6.5mm, Width 4.3mm
Distribution:
South-western North Island, eastern and south-western South Island, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell and Bounty Islands, and Pukaki Rise. 0-550 metres
Geographical Range:
CFAn
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)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1931 Descriptions of some new species of recent Mollusca, mainly from the sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand, Records of the Canterbury Museum, 3 (p.376) 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