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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Alipta (Genus)
> crenistria (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithiopsis crenistria Suter, 1907
Images: Alipta crenistria (Suter, 1907)
Dredged in 500-600 metres, Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ. 4.2mm
Dredged in 120-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 9mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Alipta (Genus)
> crenistria (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithiopsis crenistria Suter, 1907
Details: Alipta crenistria (Suter, 1907)
Size/Grows to:
Height 12mm, Width 3.5mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern North Island, south-eastern South Island, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands, from 4-622m
Type Data:
  • 46 metres, SW of Channel Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype of Cerithiopsis crenistria Suter, 1907)
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.134)
  • Marshall, B.A. Mar/1978 Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand and a provisional classification of the family, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 5(1) (p.63)
  • Suter, H. 1907 Results of dredging in Hauraki Gulf; with descriptions of seven new species., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 39 (p.256) 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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