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Taxonomy
Family:
HAMINOEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Haminoioidea (Superfamily)
> Haminoeidae (Family)
> Papawera (Genus)
> zelandiae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Bulla zelandiae Gray, 1843
=Haminea obesa G. B. Sowerby II, 1868 G.B. Sowerby II, 1868
=Haminoea zelandiae (Gray, 1843)
=Papawera obesa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1868)
Images: Papawera zelandiae (Gray, 1843)
Empty shell in a rock pool, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 15-20mm. © rights reserved
Empty shell in a rock pool, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 15-20mm. © rights reserved
A thin bubble shell common on tidal mud-flats, showing the dark animal inside. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
HAMINOEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Haminoioidea (Superfamily)
> Haminoeidae (Family)
> Papawera (Genus)
> zelandiae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Bulla zelandiae Gray, 1843
=Haminea obesa G. B. Sowerby II, 1868 G.B. Sowerby II, 1868
=Haminoea zelandiae (Gray, 1843)
=Papawera obesa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1868)
Details: Papawera zelandiae (Gray, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Height 28mm, Width 22mm
Distribution:
North Island and northern South Island, from 0m
Notes:
White Bubble Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic, Living intertidally
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Oskars, T.R., Malaquias, M.A.E. 2019 A molecular phylogeny of the Indo-West Pacific species of Haloa sensu lato gastropods (Cephalaspidea: Haminoeidae): Tethyan vicariance, generic diversity, and ecological specialization, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (p.9)
  • 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.57)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.275)
  • Gray, J.E. 1843 Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species, Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, 2 (p.243) 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
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