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Taxonomy
Family:
TRIPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Triphoridae (Family)
> Bouchetriphora (Genus)
> pallida (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Mesophora albomicra Laseron, 1958
=Notosinister candefactum Kosuge, 1963
=Notosinister candefactus Kosuge, 1963
=Notosinister glaciala Laseron, 1954
=Triphora candefacta (Kosuge, 1963)
=Triphora infelix Webster, 1906
=Triphora pallida Pease, 1871
=Triphoris angasi var. leuca (Verco, 1909)
=Triphoris pallidus Pease, 1871
Images: Bouchetriphora pallida (Pease, 1871)
Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 8mm
Below low tide, living on sponge and among kelp holdfasts. Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 7-8mm
Holotype of Triphora infelix Webster, 1906, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001674). 8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
TRIPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Triphoridae (Family)
> Bouchetriphora (Genus)
> pallida (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Mesophora albomicra Laseron, 1958
=Notosinister candefactum Kosuge, 1963
=Notosinister candefactus Kosuge, 1963
=Notosinister glaciala Laseron, 1954
=Triphora candefacta (Kosuge, 1963)
=Triphora infelix Webster, 1906
=Triphora pallida Pease, 1871
=Triphoris angasi var. leuca (Verco, 1909)
=Triphoris pallidus Pease, 1871
Details: Bouchetriphora pallida (Pease, 1871)
Size/Grows to:
Height 8mm, Width 2mm
Distribution:
Upper and central North Island
Geographical Range:
KAC
Notes:
Marine, Sinistral
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.222)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1983 A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia, Records of the Australian Museum (p.61)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.255)

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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