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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Prolixodens (Genus)
> infracolor (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithiopsis infracolor Laseron, 1951
=Tubercliopsis infracolor (Laseron, 1951)
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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Prolixodens (Genus)
> infracolor (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithiopsis infracolor Laseron, 1951
=Tubercliopsis infracolor (Laseron, 1951)
Details: Prolixodens infracolor (Laseron, 1951)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.5mm, Width 1.4mm
Distribution:
South-eastern Australia and northern New Zealand. Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern and south-western North Island, from 0-310m
Type Data:
  • 25 metres, Long Reef, New South Wales, Australia, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006 Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 43 (p.34)
  • Marshall, B.A. Mar/1978 Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand and a provisional classification of the family, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 5(1) (p.91)
  • Laseron, C.F. 1951 Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae, Australian Zoologist, 11 (p.351) Original Description

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