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Taxonomy
Family:
APLUSTRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Acteonimorpha (Subterclass)
> Acteonoidea (Superfamily)
> Aplustridae (Family)
> Hydatina (Genus)
> albocincta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hydatoria Iredale, 1936
Synonymised Names:
=Bulla albocincta van der Hoeven, 1839
Images: Hydatina albocincta (Van der Hoeven, 1839)
Rangiputa, Northland, NZ. 42mm
A fragile Gastropod found very occasionally off the Northland Coast
Taxonomy
Family:
APLUSTRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Acteonimorpha (Subterclass)
> Acteonoidea (Superfamily)
> Aplustridae (Family)
> Hydatina (Genus)
> albocincta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hydatoria Iredale, 1936
Synonymised Names:
=Bulla albocincta van der Hoeven, 1839
Details: Hydatina albocincta (Van der Hoeven, 1839)
Size/Grows to:
Height 47mm, Width 40mm
Distribution:
Northland east coast harbours. Also Japan to northern Australia
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50 (p.54)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.270)
  • Oct/1974 Notes of Interest: Hydatina albocincta, Poirieria, 7(5) (p.99)

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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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