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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Seila (Genus)
> cincta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Bittium cinctum Hutton, 1885
=Hebeseila chathamensis (Suter, 1908)
=Lyroseila chathamensis (Suter, 1908)
=Seila (Lyroseila) cincta (Hutton, 1885)
=Seila chathamensis Suter, 1908
=Seila cochleata Suter, 1908
=Seila huttoni Suter, 1915
Images: Seila cincta (Hutton, 1866)
In shell sand, Chatham Islands, NZ. 9mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Seila (Genus)
> cincta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Bittium cinctum Hutton, 1885
=Hebeseila chathamensis (Suter, 1908)
=Lyroseila chathamensis (Suter, 1908)
=Seila (Lyroseila) cincta (Hutton, 1885)
=Seila chathamensis Suter, 1908
=Seila cochleata Suter, 1908
=Seila huttoni Suter, 1915
Details: Seila cincta (Hutton, 1866)
Size/Grows to:
Height 11mm, Width 3.5mm
Distribution:
King Bank, Three Kings Islands, northern North Island as far south as Mahia Peninsula, and Chatham Islands, from 0-188m
Type Data:
  • Petane, (Nukumaruan, Lower Pleistocene), Napier, Hawkes Bay, NZ (Fossil), (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.136)
  • 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.96)
  • Wolf, E.Y. 1978 A first find for the Wellington area, Cookia, 2(3) (p.19)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1885 New species of Tertiary shells, New Zealand Journal of Science, 1(2) (p.524) Original Description

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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