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Taxonomy
Family:
CAVOLINIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Pteropoda (Order)
> Euthecosomata (Suborder)
> Cavolinioidea (Superfamily)
> Cavoliniidae (Family)
> Diacavolinia (Genus)
> longirostris (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cavolinia longirostris (Blainville, 1821)
=Cavolinia longirostris f. longirostris (Blainville, 1821)
=Hyalaea longirostris Blainville, 1821
Images: Diacavolinia longirostris (Blainville, 1821)
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Taxonomy
Family:
CAVOLINIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Pteropoda (Order)
> Euthecosomata (Suborder)
> Cavolinioidea (Superfamily)
> Cavoliniidae (Family)
> Diacavolinia (Genus)
> longirostris (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cavolinia longirostris (Blainville, 1821)
=Cavolinia longirostris f. longirostris (Blainville, 1821)
=Hyalaea longirostris Blainville, 1821
Details: Diacavolinia longirostris (Blainville, 1821)
Size/Grows to:
Length 9mm, Width 6.3mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands to Northland. World wide in warm and temperate seas
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.278)
  • Bé, A.W.H., Gilmer, R.W. 1977 A zoogeographic and taxonomic review of Euthecosomatous Pteropoda. In A.T.S. Ramsay (ed.), Oceanic Micropaleontology, Academic Press, London, 1 (p.782)

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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