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Taxonomy
Family:
ASSIMINEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Assimineidae (Family)
> Suterilla (Genus)
> climoi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Suterilla neozelanica Brook & Marshall, not Murdoch
Images: Suterilla climoi Fukuda, Ponder & Marshall, 2006
Holotype, collected 21 Nov 1970, Great Island, North West Bay, NZ (M.183705). 4.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
ASSIMINEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Assimineidae (Family)
> Suterilla (Genus)
> climoi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Suterilla neozelanica Brook & Marshall, not Murdoch
Details: Suterilla climoi Fukuda, Ponder & Marshall, 2006
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, Three Kings Islands, and northern North Island as far south as Kawhia, from 0m
Type Data:
  • North West Bay, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Under stones on boulder beaches
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Fukuda, H., Ponder, W.F., Marshall, B.A. 2006 Anatomy and relationships of Suterilla Thiele (Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae) with descriptions of four new species, Molluscan Research, 26(3) (p.142) Original Description

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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