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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)
> ophioderma (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Proclava ophioderma Habe, 1968
=Rhinoclavis (Proclava) ophioderma (Habe, 1968)
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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)
> ophioderma (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Proclava ophioderma Habe, 1968
=Rhinoclavis (Proclava) ophioderma (Habe, 1968)
Details: Cerithium ophioderma (Habe, 1968)
Size/Grows to:
Length 51mm
Distribution:
Western Central Pacific, Kermadec Islands. 50-275 metres
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Houbrick, R.S. 1992 Monograph of the genus Cerithium Bruguière in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia), Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 510 (p.141)
  • Habe, T. 1968 A new cerithiid species from Japan, Venus, 27(3) (p.87) 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