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Taxonomy
Family:
CLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Pteropoda (Order)
> Euthecosomata (Suborder)
> Cavolinioidea (Superfamily)
> Cliidae (Family)
> Clio (Genus)
> pyramidata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Clio antarctica Dall, 1908
=Clio retusa Linnaeus, 1767
=Clio sulcata (Pfeffer, 1879)
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Taxonomy
Family:
CLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Pteropoda (Order)
> Euthecosomata (Suborder)
> Cavolinioidea (Superfamily)
> Cliidae (Family)
> Clio (Genus)
> pyramidata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Clio antarctica Dall, 1908
=Clio retusa Linnaeus, 1767
=Clio sulcata (Pfeffer, 1879)
Details: Clio pyramidata Linnaeus, 1767
Size/Grows to:
Length 20mm
Distribution:
Worldwide in tropical and temperate seas. West Norfolk Ridge, Kermadec Islands, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern North Island and south-western South Island, from 20-805m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.279)
  • 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.764)

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