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Taxonomy
Family:
STROMBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Stromboidea (Superfamily)
> Strombidae (Family)
> Canarium (Genus)
> scalariforme (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Canarium haemastoma (G.B. Sowerby II, 1842)
=Strombus (Canarium) haemastoma (G.B. Sowerby II, 1842)
=Strombus haemastoma G.B. Sowerby II, 1842
=Strombus scalariformis Duclos, 1833
Images: Canarium scalariforme (Duclos, 1833)
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Taxonomy
Family:
STROMBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Stromboidea (Superfamily)
> Strombidae (Family)
> Canarium (Genus)
> scalariforme (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Canarium haemastoma (G.B. Sowerby II, 1842)
=Strombus (Canarium) haemastoma (G.B. Sowerby II, 1842)
=Strombus haemastoma G.B. Sowerby II, 1842
=Strombus scalariformis Duclos, 1833
Details: Canarium scalariforme (Duclos, 1833)
Size/Grows to:
Height 16mm
Distribution:
West Indian Ocean - central Pacific, Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.218)

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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