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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
VELUTINIDAE: LAMELLARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Velutinidae (Family)
> Lamellariinae (Subfamily)
> Variolipallium (Genus)
> cerebroides (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Lamellaria cerebroides Hutton, 1882
Images: Variolipallium cerebroides (Hutton, 1883)
Off Oamaru in 100 metres, Northern Otago. 22mm
Living in 3-5 metres of water, off Harington Point, Otago, NZ. 40-50mm (animal). Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©chicky67
3 metres, Otago Harbour, NZ. 23mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
VELUTINIDAE: LAMELLARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Velutinidae (Family)
> Lamellariinae (Subfamily)
> Variolipallium (Genus)
> cerebroides (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Lamellaria cerebroides Hutton, 1882
Details: Variolipallium cerebroides (Hutton, 1883)
Size/Grows to:
Width 32mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island. More common in south
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.150)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1882 Notes on some branchiate Gastropoda, New Zealand Journal of Science, 1(5) (p.233) Original Description

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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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil