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Taxonomy
Family:
TRIPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Triphoridae (Family)
> Sagenotriphora (Genus)
> ampulla (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Triphora ampulla Hedley, 1903
Images: Sagenotriphora ampulla (Hedley, 1903)
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Taxonomy
Family:
TRIPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Triphoridae (Family)
> Sagenotriphora (Genus)
> ampulla (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Triphora ampulla Hedley, 1903
Details: Sagenotriphora ampulla (Hedley, 1903)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5mm, Width 1.75mm
Distribution:
North Island. Also New South Wales
Geographical Range:
KAC
Notes:
Marine, Sinistral
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.223)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1983 A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia, Records of the Australian Museum (p.30)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.255)
  • Hedley, C. 1903 Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part 7, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 27 (p.615) Original Description

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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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil