Notoficula otagoensis Dell, 1962Species Images
Holotype, collected 23 Jan 1957, NE of Otago Peninsula, Taiaroa Canyon, NZ (M.015007). 13mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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Taxonomy: Notoficula otagoensis Dell, 1962
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Eratoidae (Family) > Notoficula (Genus) > otagoensis (Species)
Family:
ERATOIDAE
Genus Synonyms:
=Cominella (Ficulina) Thiele, 1912
Details: Notoficula otagoensis Dell, 1962
Size/Grows to:
Height 13mm, Width 9mm
Distribution:
South Island, off Taiaroa Head
Geographical Range:
FE.
Notes:
Distribution Map
References and Publications
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.196)
Key to 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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