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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)
> stewartiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Kerguelenella Powell, 1946
=Kerguelenia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
=Siphonaria (Kerguelenella) Powell, 1946
=Siphonaria (Siphonaria) G.B. Sowerby I, 1823
Synonymised Names:
=Kerguelenella stewartiana (Powell, 1939)
=Kerguelenia stewartiana Powell, 1939
=Siphonaria (Kerguelenella) stewartiana (Powell, 1939)
Images: Siphonaria stewartiana (Powell, 1939)
On high tide rocks, Stewart Island, NZ. 13mm
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)
> stewartiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Kerguelenella Powell, 1946
=Kerguelenia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
=Siphonaria (Kerguelenella) Powell, 1946
=Siphonaria (Siphonaria) G.B. Sowerby I, 1823
Synonymised Names:
=Kerguelenella stewartiana (Powell, 1939)
=Kerguelenia stewartiana Powell, 1939
=Siphonaria (Kerguelenella) stewartiana (Powell, 1939)
Details: Siphonaria stewartiana (Powell, 1939)
Size/Grows to:
Length 17mm, Width 12mm, Height 7mm
Distribution:
Stewart Island, Snares, Bounty Islands. On shaded rock faces near high tide level
Geographical Range:
FAnE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic, Apex projecting beyond 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)

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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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