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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Specula (Genus)
> retifera (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Bittium retiferum Suter, 1908
=Cerithiopsis canaliculata Suter, 1908
=Specula canaliculata (Suter, 1908)
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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Specula (Genus)
> retifera (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Bittium retiferum Suter, 1908
=Cerithiopsis canaliculata Suter, 1908
=Specula canaliculata (Suter, 1908)
Details: Specula retifera (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.0mm, Width 1.0mm
Distribution:
Cook Strait, eastern and south-western South Island, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Antipodes and Bounty Islands, and Pukaki Rise, from 3-550m
Type Data:
  • 91 metres, off Bounty Islands, NZ, (type of Cerithiopsis canaliculata Suter, 1908)
  • 91 metres, off Snares Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S. Nov/1993 Specula retifera (Suter, 1908), Poirieria, 16(5)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.133)
  • 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.77)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.34) 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