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Taxonomy
Family:
CRESEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Pteropoda (Order)
> Euthecosomata (Suborder)
> Cavolinioidea (Superfamily)
> Creseidae (Family)
> Creseis (Genus)
> acicula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cleodora (Creseis) Rang, 1828
Synonymised Names:
=Cleodora (Creseis) acicula Rang, 1828
=Cleodora (Creseis) clava Rang, 1828
=Cleodora acicula Rang, 1828
=Cleodora clava Rang, 1828
=Creseis acicula acicula (Rang, 1828)
=Creseis acus Eschscholtz, 1829
=Creseis clava (Rang, 1828)
=Creseis recta J.E. Gray, 1850
=Creseis spiniformis Benoit, 1843
=Dentalium ecostatum T.W. Kirk, 1880
Images: Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828)
Lectotype, collected Indian Ocean. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Taxonomy
Family:
CRESEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Pteropoda (Order)
> Euthecosomata (Suborder)
> Cavolinioidea (Superfamily)
> Creseidae (Family)
> Creseis (Genus)
> acicula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cleodora (Creseis) Rang, 1828
Synonymised Names:
=Cleodora (Creseis) acicula Rang, 1828
=Cleodora (Creseis) clava Rang, 1828
=Cleodora acicula Rang, 1828
=Cleodora clava Rang, 1828
=Creseis acicula acicula (Rang, 1828)
=Creseis acus Eschscholtz, 1829
=Creseis clava (Rang, 1828)
=Creseis recta J.E. Gray, 1850
=Creseis spiniformis Benoit, 1843
=Dentalium ecostatum T.W. Kirk, 1880
Details: Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828)
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Gasca, R., Janssen, A.W. 2013 Taxonomic review, molecular data and key to the species of Creseidae from the Atlantic Ocean, Journal of Molluscan Studies, 80 (p.40)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1996 Molluscan name-bearing types in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 9 (p.32)
  • 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.777)

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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