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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NATICIDAE: POLINICINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Naticoidea (Superfamily)
> Naticidae (Family)
> Polinicinae (Subfamily)
> Uberella (Genus)
> vitrea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Natica vitrea Hutton, 1873
Images: Uberella vitrea (Hutton, 1873)
Lectotype of Natica vitrea, collected NZ (M.001789). 7.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NATICIDAE: POLINICINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Naticoidea (Superfamily)
> Naticidae (Family)
> Polinicinae (Subfamily)
> Uberella (Genus)
> vitrea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Natica vitrea Hutton, 1873
Details: Uberella vitrea (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 8mm, Width 7mm
Distribution:
South, Stewart, Auckland, Bounty and Chatham Islands, Pukaki Rise and Mernoo Bank, from 0-420m
Type Data:
  • Stewart Island, NZ, (lectotype of Natica vitrea Hutton, 1873)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.156)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) Original Description

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
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