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Taxonomy
Family:
ASSIMINEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Assimineidae (Family)
> Suterilla (Genus)
> imperforata (Species)
Images: Suterilla imperforata Fukuda, Ponder & Marshall, 2006
Holotype, collected 10 Jan 2003, Waihau Bay, SW of Cape Runaway, NZ (M.177469). 2.5mm. © 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)
> imperforata (Species)
Details: Suterilla imperforata Fukuda, Ponder & Marshall, 2006
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.5mm, Width 2.0mm
Distribution:
North Island. Waihau Bay, SW of Cape Runaway. Among supralittoral stones with decaying algae
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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.158) 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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