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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
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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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