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Taxonomy
Family:
LATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Hygrophila (Superorder)
> Chilinoidea (Superfamily)
> Latiidae (Family)
> Latia (Genus)
> neritoides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pelex Gould, 1852
Synonymised Names:
=Latia gassiesiana P. Fischer, 1856
=Latia petitiana P. Fischer, 1856
Images: Latia neritoides Gray, 1850
Under rocks in stream, Waikato, NZ
Animal showing bioluminescence. Swanson, Auckland, NZ. ~10mm. © S. Lee
Collected 21 Oct 1973, Motu Riverbank near Aria, King Country, NZ. 7.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 21 Oct 1973, Motu Riverbank near Aria, King Country, NZ. 7.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 21 Oct 1973, Motu Riverbank near Aria, King Country, NZ. 7.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family:
LATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Hygrophila (Superorder)
> Chilinoidea (Superfamily)
> Latiidae (Family)
> Latia (Genus)
> neritoides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pelex Gould, 1852
Synonymised Names:
=Latia gassiesiana P. Fischer, 1856
=Latia petitiana P. Fischer, 1856
Details: Latia neritoides Gray, 1850
Size/Grows to:
Length 11mm, Width 8mm, Height 4.5mm
Distribution:
North Island, Auckland southwards
Notes:
Freshwater Limpet, Freshwater, Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2011 A new species of Latia Gray, 1850 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Hygrophila: Chilinoidea: Latiidae) from Miocene Palaeo-lake Manuherikia, southern New Zealand, and biogeographic implications, Molluscan Research, 31(1) (p.48)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.295)
  • Sep/1967 Latia neritoides - Our Fresh Water Limpet, Poirieria, 4(2)
  • Gray, J.E. 1850 Description of a new genus and several new species of terrestrial, fluviatile, and marine molluscous animals inhabiting New Zealand, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 17 (p.168) 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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