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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Seila (Genus)
> terebelloides (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithium (Bittium) terebelloides Hutton, 1873
=Cerithium cinctum Hutton, 1873 (non Bruguière, 1792)
=Cerithium terebelloides Hutton, 1873
=Notoseila terebelloides (Hutton, 1873)
=Seila (Notoseila) terebelloides (Hutton, 1873)
Images: Seila terebelloides (Hutton, 1873)
Neotype of Cerithium (Bittium) terebelloides Hutton, 1873; lectotype of Cerithium cinctum Hutton, 1873, collected NZ (M.000141). 9.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Dredged 39 metres, Hole in the Wall, Coromandel, NZ. 10.2mm. © rights reserved
Dredged 150-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 12mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Seila (Genus)
> terebelloides (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithium (Bittium) terebelloides Hutton, 1873
=Cerithium cinctum Hutton, 1873 (non Bruguière, 1792)
=Cerithium terebelloides Hutton, 1873
=Notoseila terebelloides (Hutton, 1873)
=Seila (Notoseila) terebelloides (Hutton, 1873)
Details: Seila terebelloides (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 12mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, far northern and southern South Island, Stewart Island and Antipodes Islands, from 8-270m
Type Data:
  • 25-55 metres, off Stewart Island, NZ, (lectotype of Cerithium cinctum Hutton, 1873, neotype of Cerithium (Bittium) terebelloides Hutton, 1873)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.136)
  • 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.99)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Result of dredging for Mollusca near Cuvier Island, with descriptions of new species., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 40 (p.345)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) (p.107) 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
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