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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Zaclys (Genus)
> sarissa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithiopsis acies Suter, 1908
=Cerithiopsis sarissa R. Murdoch, 1905
=Cerithiopsis subantarctica Suter, 1908
Images: Zaclys sarissa (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Holotype of Cerithiopsis sarissa, collected 'Whangaroa' = Foveaux Strait or Stewart Island, NZ (M.001673). 8mm. © 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)
> Zaclys (Genus)
> sarissa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithiopsis acies Suter, 1908
=Cerithiopsis sarissa R. Murdoch, 1905
=Cerithiopsis subantarctica Suter, 1908
Details: Zaclys sarissa (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Size/Grows to:
Height 8mm, Width 2.5mm
Distribution:
North, South Island, Snares, Bounty, Auckland and Antipodes Islands
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. Mar/1978 Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand and a provisional classification of the family, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 5(1) (p.79)
  • Foreman, G.A. Nov/1976 Collecting at Lottin Point, Poirieria, 8(5) (p.83)
  • Murdoch, R. 1905 Additions to the marine Mollusca of New Zealand., Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 37 (p.221) 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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