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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Aclis (Genus)
> subcarinata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aclis (Aclis) Lovén, 1846
=Eusetia Cotton, 1944
=Marteliella Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1914
=Menippe Jeffreys, 1867
=Pherusa Jeffreys, 1869
=Pherusina Norman, 1888
=Schwengelia Bartsch, 1947
Synonymised Names:
=Diala subcarinata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Acirsa subcarinata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Images: Aclis subcarinata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Holotype of Diala subcarinata, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001757). 2.9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Aclis (Genus)
> subcarinata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aclis (Aclis) Lovén, 1846
=Eusetia Cotton, 1944
=Marteliella Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1914
=Menippe Jeffreys, 1867
=Pherusa Jeffreys, 1869
=Pherusina Norman, 1888
=Schwengelia Bartsch, 1947
Synonymised Names:
=Diala subcarinata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Acirsa subcarinata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Details: Aclis subcarinata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.9mm, Width 1.04mm
Distribution:
Off North Cape and North Island east coast
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Smith, N. Oct/1996 Acirsa subcarinata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906), Poirieria, 19 (p.28)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1996 Molluscan name-bearing types in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 9 (p.23)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.253)
  • Murdoch, R., Suter, H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.292) Original Description

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

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
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