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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
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • May/1998 Shortnotes, Poirieria, 22 (p.20)
  • 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.75) 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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