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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
ELLOBIIDAE: PYTHINIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Ellobiida (Order)
> Ellobioidea (Superfamily)
> Ellobiidae (Family)
> Pythiniinae (Subfamily)
> Pleuroloba (Genus)
> costellaris (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Melampus costellaris H. & A. Adams, 1854
=Ophicardelus costellaris (H. & A. Adams, 1854)
Images: Pleuroloba costellaris (H.& A.Adams, 1854)
Rangitoto Island, Auckland, NZ. 11mm
On high tidal moss in shade, Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. 9-10mm
Alive in mud cracks and under plant cover at extreme high tide on mud flats, Houhora Harbour, Far North, NZ. 10mm
Alive in mud cracks and under plant cover at extreme high tide on mud flats, Houhora Harbour, Far North, NZ. 10mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
ELLOBIIDAE: PYTHINIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Ellobiida (Order)
> Ellobioidea (Superfamily)
> Ellobiidae (Family)
> Pythiniinae (Subfamily)
> Pleuroloba (Genus)
> costellaris (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Melampus costellaris H. & A. Adams, 1854
=Ophicardelus costellaris (H. & A. Adams, 1854)
Details: Pleuroloba costellaris (H.& A.Adams, 1854)
Size/Grows to:
Height 14mm, Width 7mm
Distribution:
North Island and northern part of South Island. High tidal mud flats
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Hyman, I.T., Rouse, G.W., Ponder, W.F. 2005 Systematics of Ophicardelus (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Ellobiidae), Molluscan Research, 25 (p.23)
  • Walsby, J.R., Morton, J.E. 1982 Chitons, Limpets & Topshells & Pulmonates (Amphineura, Archaeogastropoda & Pulmonata), Marine Molluscs, University of Auckland, Leigh Marine Laboratory, 1 (p.73)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.294)
  • Adams, H., Adams, A. 1854 Monographs of Ellobium and Melampus, two genera of pulmoniferous Mollusca, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 22 (p.12) 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
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