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Taxonomy
Family:
CARINARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Pterotracheoidea (Superfamily)
> Carinariidae (Family)
> Cardiapoda (Genus)
> placenta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cardiapoda acuta Tesch, 1906
=Cardiapoda sublaevis Tesch, 1906
=Cardiapoda trachydermon Tesch, 1906
=Pterotrachea placenta Lesson, 1830
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Taxonomy
Family:
CARINARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Pterotracheoidea (Superfamily)
> Carinariidae (Family)
> Cardiapoda (Genus)
> placenta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cardiapoda acuta Tesch, 1906
=Cardiapoda sublaevis Tesch, 1906
=Cardiapoda trachydermon Tesch, 1906
=Pterotrachea placenta Lesson, 1830
Details: Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1830)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 50mm
Distribution:
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, pelagic. Off Cape Brett, Northland
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil