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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Specula (Genus)
> styliformis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithiopsis styliformis Suter, 1908
=Seila dissimilis Suter, 1908
=Specula dissimilis (Suter, 1908)
Images: Specula styliformis (Suter, 1908)
Dredged in 150-200 metres, Tairoa Canyon, Otago, NZ
Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Specula (Genus)
> styliformis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithiopsis styliformis Suter, 1908
=Seila dissimilis Suter, 1908
=Specula dissimilis (Suter, 1908)
Details: Specula styliformis (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.5mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands to South Island, Snares, Bounty, Auckland and Campbell Islands, 15-805 metres
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.132)
  • 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.76)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.36) 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
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