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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Retilaskeya (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Marshallaskeya Gründel, 1980
=Retilaskeya (Marshallaskeya) Gründel, 1980
Images: Retilaskeya zelandica B.A. Marshall, 1978
Collected 27 Jan 1981, Great Exhibition Bay, NZ (M.113207). ~8mm. © 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)
> Retilaskeya (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Marshallaskeya Gründel, 1980
=Retilaskeya (Marshallaskeya) Gründel, 1980
Details: Retilaskeya zelandica B.A. Marshall, 1978
Size/Grows to:
Height 15.8mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, east coast of North and South Islands, Cook Strait, Foveaux Strait, Stewart and Auckland Islands. In shell sand
Geographical Range:
ACFAnE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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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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