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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)
> Royella (Genus)
> sinon (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithiopsis sinon (Bayle, 1880)
=Cerithium (Pirenella) clathratum A. Adams, 1855
=Cerithium clathratum A. Adams, 1855
=Cerithium sinon Bayle, 1880
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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)
> Royella (Genus)
> sinon (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithiopsis sinon (Bayle, 1880)
=Cerithium (Pirenella) clathratum A. Adams, 1855
=Cerithium clathratum A. Adams, 1855
=Cerithium sinon Bayle, 1880
Details: Royella sinon (Bayle, 1880)
Size/Grows to:
Length 29mm
Distribution:
Indo-Pacific, Japan to Lord Howe Island, Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Houbrick, R.S. 1986 The systematic position of Royella sinon (Bayle) (Prosobranchia: Cerithiidae), The Veliger, 28(4) (p.430)

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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
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