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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Punctifera (Genus)
> ophiomoerae (Species)
Images: Punctifera ophiomoerae Warén, 1981
Holotype, collected 05 Apr 1973, NNE of Herald Islets, Raoul Island, NZ (M.232346). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Punctifera (Genus)
> ophiomoerae (Species)
Details: Punctifera ophiomoerae Warén, 1981
Distribution:
Off Kermadec Islands, 1189-1225 metres
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Parasitic on Ophiomoeris obstricta
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Warén, A. 1981 Eulimid gastropods parasitic on echinoderms in the New Zealand region, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 8(3) (p.317) 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