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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
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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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