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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:
Three Kings Islands, and upper North Island
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

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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