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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
OVULIDAE: PEDICULARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Ovulidae (Family)
> Pediculariinae (Subfamily)
> Pedicularia (Genus)
> pacifica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Pedicularia maoria Powell, 1937
=Pediculariona stylasteris (Hedley, 1903)
Images: Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865
Off the Three Kings Islands, Far North. On Pink and White coral from 200 metres. 9mm
Off the Three Kings Islands, Far North. On Red coral. 5mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
OVULIDAE: PEDICULARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Ovulidae (Family)
> Pediculariinae (Subfamily)
> Pedicularia (Genus)
> pacifica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Pedicularia maoria Powell, 1937
=Pediculariona stylasteris (Hedley, 1903)
Details: Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865
Size/Grows to:
Length 9mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Is and Northland. Also central Pacific, New South Wales
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.152)
  • Nov/1972 Pedicularia pacifica, Poirieria, 6(5)
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1971 Fossil and recent Cypraeacea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand with descriptions of new species, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 8 (p.116)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.208)

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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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