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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:
Off Northland east coast. Also Indo-West Pacific, Japan, Philippines, Fiji, Australia, Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
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.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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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
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