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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NATICIDAE: NATICINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Naticoidea (Superfamily)
> Naticidae (Family)
> Naticinae (Subfamily)
> Notocochlis (Genus)
> gualtieriana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cochlis migratoria Powell, 1927
=Cochlis vafer Finlay, 1930
=Natica (Natica) gualtieriana Récluz, 1844
=Natica (Notocochlis) gualtieriana Récluz, 1844
=Natica (Notocochlis) migratoria (Powell, 1927)
=Natica (Polinices) burnupi E.A. Smith, 1903
=Natica asellus Reeve, 1855
=Natica balteata G.B. Sowerby III, 1914
=Natica burnupi E.A. Smith, 1903
=Natica gualteriana Récluz, 1844
=Natica gualtieriana Récluz, 1844
=Natica gualtieriana f. burnupi E.A. Smith, 1903
=Natica locellus Reeve, 1855
=Natica nemo Bartsch, 1915
=Natica tessellata Philippi, 1849
=Notocochlis migratoria (Powell, 1927)
Images: Notocochlis gualtieriana (Récluz, 1844)
On Zostera flats, Far North, NZ. 22mm
On Zostera flats, Far North, NZ. 22mm
Occasionally found at low tide in sand throughout Northland, NZ
Egg rings in a shallow rock pool at low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 30-40mm
Alive in sandy rock pools at low tide, Far North, NZ. 15mm
Crawling over rocks just below low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. ~20mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NATICIDAE: NATICINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Naticoidea (Superfamily)
> Naticidae (Family)
> Naticinae (Subfamily)
> Notocochlis (Genus)
> gualtieriana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cochlis migratoria Powell, 1927
=Cochlis vafer Finlay, 1930
=Natica (Natica) gualtieriana Récluz, 1844
=Natica (Notocochlis) gualtieriana Récluz, 1844
=Natica (Notocochlis) migratoria (Powell, 1927)
=Natica (Polinices) burnupi E.A. Smith, 1903
=Natica asellus Reeve, 1855
=Natica balteata G.B. Sowerby III, 1914
=Natica burnupi E.A. Smith, 1903
=Natica gualteriana Récluz, 1844
=Natica gualtieriana Récluz, 1844
=Natica gualtieriana f. burnupi E.A. Smith, 1903
=Natica locellus Reeve, 1855
=Natica nemo Bartsch, 1915
=Natica tessellata Philippi, 1849
=Notocochlis migratoria (Powell, 1927)
Details: Notocochlis gualtieriana (Récluz, 1844)
Size/Grows to:
Height 30mm, Width 22mm
Distribution:
W Pacific, Kermadec Islands. Northland. Far North to Whangarei Heads, from low tide
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Moon Snail, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.220)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.154)
  • Aug/1976 Notocochils migratoria, Poirieria, 8(4)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1926 On a large Tonna and two other Gastropods of Australian origins, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.560)

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