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Taxonomy
Family:
PROCTONOTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Proctonotoidea (Superfamily)
> Proctonotidae (Family)
> Caldukia (Genus)
> albolineata (Species)
Images: Caldukia albolineata M.C. Miller, 1970
In 2-4 metres on sand, off Harington Point, Otago, NZ. 15-20mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©chicky67
In 2-4 metres on sand, off Harington Point, Otago, NZ. 15-20mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©chicky67
Taxonomy
Family:
PROCTONOTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Proctonotoidea (Superfamily)
> Proctonotidae (Family)
> Caldukia (Genus)
> albolineata (Species)
Details: Caldukia albolineata M.C. Miller, 1970
Size/Grows to:
Animal 11mm
Distribution:
Southern half of South Island and Auckland Islands
Geographical Range:
FAnE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.288)
  • Miller, M.C. 1970 Two new species of the genus Caldukia Burn & Miller, 1969 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from New Zealand waters., The Veliger, 12 (p.279) Original Description

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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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