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Taxonomy
Family:
PTEROTRACHEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Pterotracheoidea (Superfamily)
> Pterotracheidae (Family)
> Pterotrachea (Genus)
> coronata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Euryops Tesch, 1906
=Firola Bruguière, 1791
=Heterodens Bonnevie, 1920
=Pterotrachea (Euryops) Tesch, 1906
Synonymised Names:
=Firola coronata (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
=Pterotrachea adamastor Lesson, 1830
=Pterotrachea challengeri Tesch, 1906
=Pterotrachea intermedia Tesch, 1906
=Pterotrachea microptera Tesch, 1906
=Pterotrachea umbilicata Delle Chiaje, 1841
Images: Pterotrachea coronata Forsskål, 1775
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Taxonomy
Family:
PTEROTRACHEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Pterotracheoidea (Superfamily)
> Pterotracheidae (Family)
> Pterotrachea (Genus)
> coronata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Euryops Tesch, 1906
=Firola Bruguière, 1791
=Heterodens Bonnevie, 1920
=Pterotrachea (Euryops) Tesch, 1906
Synonymised Names:
=Firola coronata (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
=Pterotrachea adamastor Lesson, 1830
=Pterotrachea challengeri Tesch, 1906
=Pterotrachea intermedia Tesch, 1906
=Pterotrachea microptera Tesch, 1906
=Pterotrachea umbilicata Delle Chiaje, 1841
Details: Pterotrachea coronata Forsskål, 1775
Size/Grows to:
Length 320mm
Distribution:
N of Otago
Geographical Range:
F
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.153)

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