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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: TROCHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Trochinae (Subfamily)
> Tectus (Genus)
> royanus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trochus royanus Iredale, 1912
Images: Tectus royanus (Iredale, 1912)
Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (MA60949). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Kermadec Islands, NZ. 72mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: TROCHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Trochinae (Subfamily)
> Tectus (Genus)
> royanus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trochus royanus Iredale, 1912
Details: Tectus royanus (Iredale, 1912)
Size/Grows to:
Width 102mm, Height 101mm
Distribution:
Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, on rocks from low water to 6-8 metres, dead specimens to 29 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - 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.215)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1979 The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 6(4) (p.536)

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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
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