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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Synthopsis (Genus)
> regia (Species)
Images: Synthopsis regia B.A. Marshall, 1978
Holotype, collected 15 Jul 1962, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.051716). © 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)
> Synthopsis (Genus)
> regia (Species)
Details: Synthopsis regia B.A. Marshall, 1978
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.5mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands, 91-805 metres, and Ranfurly Bank, East Cape
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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.89) Original Description

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

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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