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Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Notoacmea (Genus)
> scapha (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Conacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Notoacmea (Conacmea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Notoacmea (Notoacmea) Iredale, 1915
=Notoacmea (Parvacmea) Iredale, 1915
=Notoacmea (Subacmea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Parvacmea Iredale, 1915
=Subacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Thalassacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Acmaea parviconoidea var. leucoma Suter, 1907
=Acmaea scapha Suter, 1907
=Notoacmea helmsi of authors
Images: Notoacmea scapha (Suter, 1907)
Collected 20 Jul 2007, Red Cliffs wharf, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, NZ (M.274266). 6.2mm x 4.95mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 5 Aug 2006, Whanganui Inlet, W of Collingwood, NZ (M.184198). 3.0mm x 1.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 4 Sep 2006, Cornwallis, Manukau Harbour, Auckland, NZ (M.184202). 3.1mm x 1.9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 5 Aug 2006, Whanganui Inlet, W of Collingwood, NZ (M.184197). 9.1mm x 7.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 26 Jul 2006, Vauxhall, Otago Harbour, NZ (M.184195). 6.25mm x 4.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 1 Sep 2006, Raglan Harbour, NZ (M.184201). 6.35mm x 5.15mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Notoacmea (Genus)
> scapha (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Conacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Notoacmea (Conacmea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Notoacmea (Notoacmea) Iredale, 1915
=Notoacmea (Parvacmea) Iredale, 1915
=Notoacmea (Subacmea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Parvacmea Iredale, 1915
=Subacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Thalassacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Acmaea parviconoidea var. leucoma Suter, 1907
=Acmaea scapha Suter, 1907
=Notoacmea helmsi of authors
Details: Notoacmea scapha (Suter, 1907)
Size/Grows to:
Length 10mm
Distribution:
North and South Islands, in harbours on Zostera and dead shells
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Nakano, T., Marshall, B.A., Kennedy, M., Spencer, H.G. 2009 The phylogeny and taxonomy of New Zealand Notoacmea and Patelloida species (Mollusca: Patellogastropoda: Lottiidae) inferred from DNA sequences, Molluscan Research, 29(1) (p.54)
  • Suter, H. 1907 Revision of the New Zealand Acmaeidae, with descriptions of new species and subspecies, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 7 (p.324) Original Description

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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