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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CERITHIIDAE: CERITHIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiidae (Family)
> Cerithiinae (Subfamily)
> Cerithium (Genus)
> matukense (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithium (Proclava) matukense R.B. Watson, 1880
=Cerithium turritellaeforme Wissema, 1947
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CERITHIIDAE: CERITHIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiidae (Family)
> Cerithiinae (Subfamily)
> Cerithium (Genus)
> matukense (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithium (Proclava) matukense R.B. Watson, 1880
=Cerithium turritellaeforme Wissema, 1947
Details: Cerithium matukense R.B. Watson, 1880
Size/Grows to:
Length 70mm, Width 18mm
Distribution:
Western Indian Ocean and Western Pacific. N of Three Kings Islands and Raoul Island, from 274-622m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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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