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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NEWTONIELLIDAE: NEWTONIELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Newtoniellidae (Family)
> Newtoniellinae (Subfamily)
> Cerithiella (Genus)
> stiria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mendax Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Euseila stiria (Webster, 1906)
=Newtoniella stiria Webster, 1906
Images: Cerithiella stiria (Webster, 1906)
Lectotype of Newtoniella stiria, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001676). 9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NEWTONIELLIDAE: NEWTONIELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Newtoniellidae (Family)
> Newtoniellinae (Subfamily)
> Cerithiella (Genus)
> stiria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mendax Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Euseila stiria (Webster, 1906)
=Newtoniella stiria Webster, 1906
Details: Cerithiella stiria (Webster, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 9mm, Width 2mm
Distribution:
West Norfolk Ridge, Raoul Island, Middlesex and King banks, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as White Island
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.69)
  • Webster, W.H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.307) Original Description

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

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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