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Taxonomy
Family:
EUCYCLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Eucyclidae (Family)
> Calliotropis (Genus)
> acherontis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Calliotropis (Calliotropis) acherontis B.A. Marshall, 1979 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Calliotropis acherontis B.A. Marshall, 1979
Holotype collected 28 Oct 1975, SE of Chanter Islets, Raoul Island, NZ (M.230816). 4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Off Chanter Islets, 500-550 metres, Kermadecs. 4.3mm
Taxonomy
Family:
EUCYCLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Eucyclidae (Family)
> Calliotropis (Genus)
> acherontis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Calliotropis (Calliotropis) acherontis B.A. Marshall, 1979 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Calliotropis acherontis B.A. Marshall, 1979
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.75mm, Width 3.45mm
Distribution:
SE of Chanter Islets, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1979 The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 6(4) (p.529) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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