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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
Geographical Range:
A
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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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