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Taxonomy
Family:
TRITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Tritonioidea (Superfamily)
> Tritoniidae (Family)
> Tritonia (Genus)
> flemingi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Candellista Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
=Candiella Gray, 1850
=Duvaucelia Risso, 1826
=Lateribranchiaea Stearns, 1873
=Microlophus Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
=Myrella Odhner, 1963
=Nemocephala A. Costa 1867
=Sphaerostoma MacGillivray, 1843
=Tritonia (Candiella) Gray, 1850 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Sphaerostoma flemingi Powell, 1937
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Taxonomy
Family:
TRITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Tritonioidea (Superfamily)
> Tritoniidae (Family)
> Tritonia (Genus)
> flemingi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Candellista Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
=Candiella Gray, 1850
=Duvaucelia Risso, 1826
=Lateribranchiaea Stearns, 1873
=Microlophus Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
=Myrella Odhner, 1963
=Nemocephala A. Costa 1867
=Sphaerostoma MacGillivray, 1843
=Tritonia (Candiella) Gray, 1850 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Sphaerostoma flemingi Powell, 1937
Details: Tritonia flemingi (Powell, 1937)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 15mm
Distribution:
North Island east coast
Geographical Range:
ACE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.288)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New species of nudibrachiate Mollusca from Auckland waters., Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2(2) (p.120) Original Description

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