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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Socienna (Genus)
> cracens (Species)
Images: Socienna cracens B.A. Marshall, 1979
Holotype, collected 30 Aug 1951, Kapiti Channel, NZ (M.033501). 10.7mm. © 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)
> Socienna (Genus)
> cracens (Species)
Details: Socienna cracens B.A. Marshall, 1979
Size/Grows to:
Height 10.7mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
W of Cape Reinga, off Spirits Bay, and north-eastern and south-western North Island, from 18-128m
Type Data:
  • 60 metres, Kapiti Channel, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1983 A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia, Records of the Australian Museum (p.15)
  • Marshall, B.A. Sep/1979 Additional dextral triphorids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 6(3) (p.400) 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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