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Taxonomy
Family:
SIPHONARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Siphonarimorpha (Superorder)
> Siphonariida (Order)
> Siphonarioidea (Superfamily)
> Siphonariidae (Family)
> Siphonaria (Genus)
> lateralis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Kerguelenella Powell, 1946
=Kerguelenia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
=Siphonaria (Kerguelenella) Powell, 1946
=Siphonaria (Siphonaria) G.B. Sowerby I, 1823
Synonymised Names:
=Kerguelenella lateralis (Gould, 1846)
=Siphonaria (Kerguelenella) lateralis Gould, 1846
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Taxonomy
Family:
SIPHONARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Siphonarimorpha (Superorder)
> Siphonariida (Order)
> Siphonarioidea (Superfamily)
> Siphonariidae (Family)
> Siphonaria (Genus)
> lateralis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Kerguelenella Powell, 1946
=Kerguelenia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
=Siphonaria (Kerguelenella) Powell, 1946
=Siphonaria (Siphonaria) G.B. Sowerby I, 1823
Synonymised Names:
=Kerguelenella lateralis (Gould, 1846)
=Siphonaria (Kerguelenella) lateralis Gould, 1846
Details: Siphonaria lateralis Gould, 1846
Size/Grows to:
Length 16mm, Width 10mm, Height 5mm
Distribution:
Macquarie Island. Also Straits of Magellan, Patagonia, Falklands, South Georgia
Geographical Range:
An
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Apex within margin of lip
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.293)
  • Gould, A. 1847 Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 2 (p.153) 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil