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Taxonomy
Family:
ERATOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Eratoidae (Family)
> Lachryma (Genus)
> lachryma (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Erato denticulata Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900
=Erato lachryma Gray, 1832
=Proterato denticulata (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900)
=Proterato lachryma (Gray, 1832)
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Taxonomy
Family:
ERATOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Eratoidae (Family)
> Lachryma (Genus)
> lachryma (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Erato denticulata Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900
=Erato lachryma Gray, 1832
=Proterato denticulata (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900)
=Proterato lachryma (Gray, 1832)
Details: Lachryma lachryma (Gray, 1832)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7mm
Distribution:
Eastern Australia, Torres Strait, Queensland to south-western WA, and the Kermadec Islands, from 10-82m
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