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Taxonomy
Family:
CHILODONTAIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Chilodontaidae (Family)
> Herpetopoma (Genus)
> pruinosum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Euchelus (Herpetopoma) pruinosus B.A. Marshall, 1979
Images: Herpetopoma pruinosum (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
Holotype, collected 28 Oct 1975, E of Chanter Islets, Raoul Island, NZ (M.225386). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CHILODONTAIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Chilodontaidae (Family)
> Herpetopoma (Genus)
> pruinosum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Euchelus (Herpetopoma) pruinosus B.A. Marshall, 1979
Details: Herpetopoma pruinosum (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.3mm, Width 2.85mm
Distribution:
E of Chanter Islets, Raoul Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Herbert, D.G. 2012 A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of Southern Africa and the South-Western Indian Ocean, African Invertebrates, 53 (p.444)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1979 The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 6(4) (p.525) 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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