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Taxonomy
Family:
PATELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Patelloidea (Superfamily)
> Patellidae (Family)
> Scutellastra (Genus)
> kermadecensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ancistromesus Dall, 1871
=Patella (Ancistromesus) Dall, 1871
=Patella (Scutellastra) H. & A. Adams, 1854
=Patellanax Iredale, 1924
=Patellidea Thiele, 1891
=Penepatella Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Patella (Scutellastra) kermadecensis Pilsbry, 1894
=Patella (Scutellastra) pilsbryi Brazier, 1894
=Patella kermadecensis Pilsbry, 1894
Images: Scutellastra kermadecensis (Pilsbry, 1894)
Raoul Island, on rocks at low tide. 85mm
Taxonomy
Family:
PATELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Patelloidea (Superfamily)
> Patellidae (Family)
> Scutellastra (Genus)
> kermadecensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ancistromesus Dall, 1871
=Patella (Ancistromesus) Dall, 1871
=Patella (Scutellastra) H. & A. Adams, 1854
=Patellanax Iredale, 1924
=Patellidea Thiele, 1891
=Penepatella Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Patella (Scutellastra) kermadecensis Pilsbry, 1894
=Patella (Scutellastra) pilsbryi Brazier, 1894
=Patella kermadecensis Pilsbry, 1894
Details: Scutellastra kermadecensis (Pilsbry, 1894)
Size/Grows to:
Length 125mm, Width 105mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands. On rocks at low tide
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.214)
  • Ridgway, S.A., Reid, D.G., Taylor, J.D., Branch, G.M., Hodgson, A.N. 1998 A cladistic phylogeny of the family Patellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 353 (p.1648)
  • Fleming, C.A. 1973 Kermadec Island giant limpet occurring fossil in New Zealand, and relict distribution in the tropics, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 7(1) (p.160)
  • Oliver, W.R.B. 1915 The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47 (p.510)
  • Pilsbry, H.A. 1894 A new species of Patella, The Nautilus, 7(10) (p.109) Original Description

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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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil