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Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Cirsotrema (Genus)
> forresti (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cirsotrema (Tioria) Marwick, 1928
=Scala (Cirsotrema) Mörch, 1852
=Scalaria (Cirsotrema) Mörch, 1852
=Tioria Marwick, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Cirsotrema (Tioria) forresti Dell, 1956
Images: Cirsotrema forresti Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected 20 May 1952, off Cape Kidnappers, NZ (M.008558). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Cirsotrema (Genus)
> forresti (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cirsotrema (Tioria) Marwick, 1928
=Scala (Cirsotrema) Mörch, 1852
=Scalaria (Cirsotrema) Mörch, 1852
=Tioria Marwick, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Cirsotrema (Tioria) forresti Dell, 1956
Details: Cirsotrema forresti Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Height 7mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
North Island, Hawkes Bay to Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
CFM
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Weil, A., Brown, L., Neville, B. 1999 The Wentletrap Book: Guide to the Recent Epitoniidae of the World, Evolver, Arti Grafiche La Moderna, Rome (p.26)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.252)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 Some new off-shore Mollusca from New Zealand., Records of the Dominion Museum, 3(1) (p.40) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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