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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:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as White Island, from 73-805m
Type Data:
  • 260 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
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

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