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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:
North & central
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • van der Spoel, S. 1976 Pseudothecosomata, Gymnosomata and Heteropoda (Gastropoda). Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht (p.165)

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