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Taxonomy
Family:
TRIPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Triphoridae (Family)
> Cautor (Genus)
> luteus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Triphora lutea Suter, 1908
Images: Cautor luteus (Suter, 1908)
Dredged 30 metres, Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, NZ. 5.0mm
Taxonomy
Family:
TRIPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Triphoridae (Family)
> Cautor (Genus)
> luteus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Triphora lutea Suter, 1908
Details: Cautor luteus (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7mm, Width 2.25mm
Distribution:
South Island, Stewart Island, Snares, Auckland and Bounty Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1983 A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia, Records of the Australian Museum (p.34)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.255)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.39) Original Description

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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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