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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
Empty shell in a rock pool, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 15-20mm
A thin bubble shell common on tidal mud-flats, showing the dark animal inside
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 part of South Island
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
White Bubble Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
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

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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