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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
ELLOBIIDAE: PEDIPEDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Ellobiida (Order)
> Ellobioidea (Superfamily)
> Ellobiidae (Family)
> Pedipedinae (Subfamily)
> Marinula (Genus)
> filholi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Marinula chathamensis Finlay, 1928
Images: Marinula filholi Hutton, 1878
Above high tide under rocks and logs. 10mm
Under rocks in splash zone, Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. 7-8mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
ELLOBIIDAE: PEDIPEDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Ellobiida (Order)
> Ellobioidea (Superfamily)
> Ellobiidae (Family)
> Pedipedinae (Subfamily)
> Marinula (Genus)
> filholi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Marinula chathamensis Finlay, 1928
Details: Marinula filholi Hutton, 1878
Size/Grows to:
Height 11mm, Width 6mm
Distribution:
North-eastern and south-western North Island, and South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, On shaded rocks in splash-zone, or under stones among Salicornia and rushes
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Walsby, J.R., Morton, J.E. 1982 Chitons, Limpets & Topshells & Pulmonates (Amphineura, Archaeogastropoda & Pulmonata), Marine Molluscs, University of Auckland, Leigh Marine Laboratory, 1 (p.74)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.294)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1934 The High-Tidal Mollusca of Rangitoto Island, Auckland; with descriptions of a new Genus and two new Species, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 63 (p.149)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1878 Révision des coquilles de la Nouvelle-Zélande et des Iles Chatham, Journal de Conchyliologie, 26 (p.42) Original Description

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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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