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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Seila (Genus)
> terebelloides (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithium (Bittium) terebelloides Hutton, 1873
=Cerithium cinctum Hutton, 1873 (non Bruguière, 1792)
=Cerithium terebelloides Hutton, 1873
=Notoseila terebelloides (Hutton, 1873)
=Seila (Notoseila) terebelloides (Hutton, 1873)
Images: Seila terebelloides (Hutton, 1873)
Neotype of Cerithium (Bittium) terebelloides Hutton, 1873; lectotype of Cerithium cinctum Hutton, 1873, collected NZ (M.000141). 9.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Dredged 39 metres, Hole in the Wall, Coromandel, NZ. 10.2mm
Dredged 150-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 12mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Seila (Genus)
> terebelloides (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithium (Bittium) terebelloides Hutton, 1873
=Cerithium cinctum Hutton, 1873 (non Bruguière, 1792)
=Cerithium terebelloides Hutton, 1873
=Notoseila terebelloides (Hutton, 1873)
=Seila (Notoseila) terebelloides (Hutton, 1873)
Details: Seila terebelloides (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 12mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart Island
Geographical Range:
ACFAn
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.99)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Result of dredging for Mollusca near Cuvier Island, with descriptions of new species., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 40 (p.345)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) (p.107) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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
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