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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:
South-eastern South Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Pelagic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.153)

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