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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:
Off Northland east coast to Bay of Plenty. West Norfolk Ridge and Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
KAE.
Notes:
Marine, 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)

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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