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Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Turritriton (Genus)
> labiosus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cabestana (Turritriton) Dall, 1904
=Cymatium (Turritriton) Dall, 1904
=Particymatium Iredale, 1936
=Tritoniscus Dall, 1904
Synonymised Names:
=Cabestana (Turritriton) labiosa (W. Wood, 1828)
=Cymatium (Cabestana) labiosum (W. Wood, 1828)
=Cymatium labiosum (W. Wood, 1828)
=Murex labiosus W. Wood, 1828
=Triton (Gutturnium) orientalis G. & H. Nevill, 1874
=Triton loebbeckei Lischke, 1870
=Triton loroisi Petit de la Saussaye, 1852
=Triton orientale G. & H. Nevill, 1874
=Triton strangei Adams H. & Angas, 1864
=Tritonium rutilum Menke, 1843
Images: Turritriton labiosus (W. Wood, 1828)
Poor Knights Islands, 1960's. 30mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Turritriton (Genus)
> labiosus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cabestana (Turritriton) Dall, 1904
=Cymatium (Turritriton) Dall, 1904
=Particymatium Iredale, 1936
=Tritoniscus Dall, 1904
Synonymised Names:
=Cabestana (Turritriton) labiosa (W. Wood, 1828)
=Cymatium (Cabestana) labiosum (W. Wood, 1828)
=Cymatium labiosum (W. Wood, 1828)
=Murex labiosus W. Wood, 1828
=Triton (Gutturnium) orientalis G. & H. Nevill, 1874
=Triton loebbeckei Lischke, 1870
=Triton loroisi Petit de la Saussaye, 1852
=Triton orientale G. & H. Nevill, 1874
=Triton strangei Adams H. & Angas, 1864
=Tritonium rutilum Menke, 1843
Details: Turritriton labiosus (W. Wood, 1828)
Size/Grows to:
Height 30mm, Width 18mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands (Raoul) and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Lottin Point. Also Indo-West Pacific, Japan, Philippines, Fiji and Australia
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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.221)
  • May/1980 Items of Interest: Turritriton labiosus, Poirieria, 10(5)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.164)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1976 On the considerable influx of warm water molluscs that have invaded northern New Zealand waters within recent years, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 13 (p.152)
  • Gardner, N.W. Sep/1973 Would you recognise Turritriton labiosa (Wood), Poirieria, 7(2) (p.29)

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Freshwater
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Land
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North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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