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Taxonomy
Family:
CAPULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Capuloidea (Superfamily)
> Capulidae (Family)
> Zelippistes (Genus)
> benhami (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Lippistes benhami (Suter, 1902)
=Lippistes benhami var. perornatus P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1923
=Separatista benhami Suter, 1902
=Zelippistes perornatus (P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1923)
Images: Zelippistes benhami (Suter, 1902)
Washed up in shell sand, Far North, NZ. 12mm
In beach drift, Rarawa, Far North, NZ. 10.5mm
Collected in beach drift, Rarawa, Far North, NZ. 16.4mm
Collected in beach drift, Rarawa, Far North, NZ. 13.2mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CAPULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Capuloidea (Superfamily)
> Capulidae (Family)
> Zelippistes (Genus)
> benhami (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Lippistes benhami (Suter, 1902)
=Lippistes benhami var. perornatus P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1923
=Separatista benhami Suter, 1902
=Zelippistes perornatus (P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1923)
Details: Zelippistes benhami (Suter, 1902)
Size/Grows to:
Length 21mm, Width 9.5mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King banks, Three Kings Islands, NW of Cape Reinga, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank. 0-508 metres
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Hipkins, K. Dec/2011 Manukau Harbour Mollusc Survey, 1952 to 1963, Poirieria, 36 (p.24)
  • Wotton, M.A. Nov/2011 Some rare and uncommon species from shell sand, Cookia, 23 (p.11)
  • Morley, M.S. Oct/1996 Zelippistes benhami (Suter, 1902): (Gastropoda: Capulidae), Poirieria, 19 (p.22)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.148)
  • Nov/1968 Zelippistes benhami, Poirieria, 4(5) (p.74)
  • Suter, H. 1902 Description of a new species of Separatista from New Zealand, Journal of Malacology, 9 (p.65) 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
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