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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Spectamen (Genus)
> plicatulum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Minolia plicatula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Solariella plicatula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Images: Spectamen plicatulum (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Holotype of Minolia plicatula Murdoch & Suter, 1906, collected 1914, off Cuvier Island, NZ (M.001124). 4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Spectamen (Genus)
> plicatulum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Minolia plicatula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Solariella plicatula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Details: Spectamen plicatulum (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Width 6mm, Height 4mm
Distribution:
Off Northland to Bay of Plenty. Dredged from around 35-250 metres
Geographical Range:
ACE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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