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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
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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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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