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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. © rights reserved
In beach drift, Rarawa, Far North, NZ. 10.5mm. © rights reserved
Collected in beach drift, Rarawa, Far North, NZ. 16.4mm. © rights reserved
Collected in beach drift, Rarawa, Far North, NZ. 13.2mm. © rights reserved
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, from 0-508m
Type Data:
  • Cape Maria van Diemen, NZ, (holotype)
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

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
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