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Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Asteracmea (Genus)
> suteri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Acmaea roseoradiata Suter, 1907
=Notoacmea suteri Iredale, 1915
Images: Asteracmea suteri (Iredale, 1915)
Collected in shell sand, Dec 1991, Kapowairua, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 3.5mm
Collected in shell sand, Marfells Beach, W of Cape Campbell, NZ. 3mm. © rights reserved
Collected in shell sand, Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ. 4mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Asteracmea (Genus)
> suteri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Acmaea roseoradiata Suter, 1907
=Notoacmea suteri Iredale, 1915
Details: Asteracmea suteri (Iredale, 1915)
Size/Grows to:
Length 3.5mm, Width 2.5mm, Height 1.5mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Auckland Islands, from 0-805m
Type Data:
  • Titahi Bay, Porirua, NZ, (paralectotype of Notoacmea parviconoidea (Suter, 1907))
  • Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, NZ, (paralectotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Living below low tide, or washed up in shell drift
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.47)
  • Iredale, T. 1915 A Commentary on Suter's "Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca", Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47 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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