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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Synthopsis (Genus)
> caelata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Joculator caelatus Powell, 1930
Images: Synthopsis caelata (Powell, 1930)
Holotype, collected 1922, off Mangonui Head, Northland, NZ (MA70371). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Synthopsis (Genus)
> caelata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Joculator caelatus Powell, 1930
Details: Synthopsis caelata (Powell, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.0mm, Width 0.95mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, North Island and far northern South Island, from 0-805m
Type Data:
  • 11-18 metres, off Mangonui Head, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006 Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 43 (p.35)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.134)
  • 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.88)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1930 New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water Dredgings, Part 1, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 60 (p.540) 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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