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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NEWTONIELLIDAE: NEWTONIELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Newtoniellidae (Family)
> Newtoniellinae (Subfamily)
> Trituba (Genus)
> apicina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Granulotriforis Kosuge, 1967
=Paramendax Powell, 1937
=Tauroforis Sacco, 1895
=Triforis (Granulotriforis) Kosuge, 1967
=Triforis (Paramendax) Powell, 1937
=Trituba (Granulotriforis) Kosuge, 1967
=Trituba (Paramendax) Powell, 1937
Synonymised Names:
=Paramendax apicina Powell, 1937
=Triforis (Paramendax) apicina (Powell, 1937)
=Triforis apicina (Powell, 1937)
=Trituba (Paramendax) apicina (Powell, 1937) accepted, alternate representation
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NEWTONIELLIDAE: NEWTONIELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Newtoniellidae (Family)
> Newtoniellinae (Subfamily)
> Trituba (Genus)
> apicina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Granulotriforis Kosuge, 1967
=Paramendax Powell, 1937
=Tauroforis Sacco, 1895
=Triforis (Granulotriforis) Kosuge, 1967
=Triforis (Paramendax) Powell, 1937
=Trituba (Granulotriforis) Kosuge, 1967
=Trituba (Paramendax) Powell, 1937
Synonymised Names:
=Paramendax apicina Powell, 1937
=Triforis (Paramendax) apicina (Powell, 1937)
=Triforis apicina (Powell, 1937)
=Trituba (Paramendax) apicina (Powell, 1937) accepted, alternate representation
Details: Trituba apicina (Powell, 1937)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5.15mm, Width 1.3mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands and Bay of Islands, 46-805 metres
Geographical Range:
A
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.135)
  • Marshall, B.A. May/1977 The Recent New Zealand species of Triforis (Gastropoda: Triforidae), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 4(2) (p.103)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.206) Original Description

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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