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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Socienna (Genus)
> regia (Species)
Images: Socienna regia B.A. Marshall, 1979
Holotype, collected 18 Feb 1974, off North East Island, NZ (M.059207). 7.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Socienna (Genus)
> regia (Species)
Details: Socienna regia B.A. Marshall, 1979
Size/Grows to:
Height 7.5mm, Width 1.5mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, and Three Kings Islands, from 88-805m
Type Data:
  • 100 metres, off North East Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. Sep/1979 Additional dextral triphorids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 6(3) (p.403) 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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