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Taxonomy
Family:
TRITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Tritonioidea (Superfamily)
> Tritoniidae (Family)
> Tritonia (Genus)
> incerta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Candellista Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
=Candiella Gray, 1850
=Duvaucelia Risso, 1826
=Lateribranchiaea Stearns, 1873
=Microlophus Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
=Myrella Odhner, 1963
=Nemocephala A. Costa 1867
=Sphaerostoma MacGillivray, 1843
=Tritonia (Candiella) Gray, 1850 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Tritonia incerta Bergh, 1904
15-20 metres, off Matauri Bay, Northland, NZ. ~50-60mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
TRITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Tritonioidea (Superfamily)
> Tritoniidae (Family)
> Tritonia (Genus)
> incerta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Candellista Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
=Candiella Gray, 1850
=Duvaucelia Risso, 1826
=Lateribranchiaea Stearns, 1873
=Microlophus Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
=Myrella Odhner, 1963
=Nemocephala A. Costa 1867
=Sphaerostoma MacGillivray, 1843
=Tritonia (Candiella) Gray, 1850 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Tritonia incerta Bergh, 1904
Size/Grows to:
Animal 130mm
Distribution:
Off North Island. Between Kaipara and New Plymouth. Northland east and west coast
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50 (p.74)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.287)

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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