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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Mendax (Genus)
> subapicinus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Paramendax subapicina Dell, 1956
Images: Mendax subapicinus (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Paramendax subapicina, collected 1 Feb 1954, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009360). 4.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Mendax (Genus)
> subapicinus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Paramendax subapicina Dell, 1956
Details: Mendax subapicinus (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.4mm, Width 1.2mm
Distribution:
Off Kaikoura to Otago, and Chatham Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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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