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Taxonomy
Family:
PTEROTRACHEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Pterotracheoidea (Superfamily)
> Pterotracheidae (Family)
> Firoloida (Genus)
> desmaresti (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Firolella Troschel, 1855
=Tholapex Di Geronimo, 1974
Synonymised Names:
=Cyclostrema minutum Jeffreys, 1883
=Cyclostrema solutum Di Geronimo, 1974
=Firola gaimardi d'Orbigny, 1836
=Firola lesueurii d'Orbigny, 1836
=Firola liguriae (Issel, 1907)
=Firolella gracilis Troschel, 1855
=Firolella vigilans Troschel, 1855
=Firoloida aculeata Lesueur, 1817
=Firoloida blainvilleana Lesueur, 1817
=Firoloida demarestia Lesueur, 1817
=Firoloida kowalewskyi Vayssière, 1904
=Firoloida liguriae Issel, 1907
=Pterotrachea lesueri Risso, 1826
Images: Firoloida desmaresti Lesueur, 1817
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Taxonomy
Family:
PTEROTRACHEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Pterotracheoidea (Superfamily)
> Pterotracheidae (Family)
> Firoloida (Genus)
> desmaresti (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Firolella Troschel, 1855
=Tholapex Di Geronimo, 1974
Synonymised Names:
=Cyclostrema minutum Jeffreys, 1883
=Cyclostrema solutum Di Geronimo, 1974
=Firola gaimardi d'Orbigny, 1836
=Firola lesueurii d'Orbigny, 1836
=Firola liguriae (Issel, 1907)
=Firolella gracilis Troschel, 1855
=Firolella vigilans Troschel, 1855
=Firoloida aculeata Lesueur, 1817
=Firoloida blainvilleana Lesueur, 1817
=Firoloida demarestia Lesueur, 1817
=Firoloida kowalewskyi Vayssière, 1904
=Firoloida liguriae Issel, 1907
=Pterotrachea lesueri Risso, 1826
Details: Firoloida desmaresti Lesueur, 1817
Distribution:
Northern North Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Pelagic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • van der Spoel, S. 1976 Pseudothecosomata, Gymnosomata and Heteropoda (Gastropoda). Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht (p.165)

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