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Taxonomy
Family:
HELICONOIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Pteropoda (Order)
> Euthecosomata (Suborder)
> Limacinoidea (Superfamily)
> Heliconoididae (Family)
> Heliconoides (Genus)
> inflatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Atlanta (Heliconoides) d'Orbigny, 1836
=Embolus Jeffreys, 1869
Synonymised Names:
=Atlanta inflata d'Orbigny, 1835
=Embolus inflatus (d'Orbigny, 1835)
=Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1834)
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Taxonomy
Family:
HELICONOIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Pteropoda (Order)
> Euthecosomata (Suborder)
> Limacinoidea (Superfamily)
> Heliconoididae (Family)
> Heliconoides (Genus)
> inflatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Atlanta (Heliconoides) d'Orbigny, 1836
=Embolus Jeffreys, 1869
Synonymised Names:
=Atlanta inflata d'Orbigny, 1835
=Embolus inflatus (d'Orbigny, 1835)
=Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1834)
Details: Heliconoides inflatus (d'Orbigny, 1836)
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands 180 metres. Most warm and temperate seas as far south as Cape Horn and the Antarctic Circle
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.278)

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