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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: TROCHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Trochinae (Subfamily)
> Coelotrochus (Genus)
> davegibbsi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anthora Gray, 1857
=Chlorostoma (Neozelandia) Cossmann, 1918
=Thorista Iredale, 1915
=Thoristella Iredale, 1915
=Trochus (Anthora) Gray, 1857
=Trochus (Coelotrochus) P. Fischer, 1879
=Trochus (Thorista) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Thoristella davegibbsi B.A. Marshall, 1998
Images: Coelotrochus davegibbsi B.A. Marshall, 1998
Holotype of Thoristella davegibbsi, collected May 1988, Southeast Bay, Great Island, NZ (M.100394). 6.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: TROCHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Trochinae (Subfamily)
> Coelotrochus (Genus)
> davegibbsi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anthora Gray, 1857
=Chlorostoma (Neozelandia) Cossmann, 1918
=Thorista Iredale, 1915
=Thoristella Iredale, 1915
=Trochus (Anthora) Gray, 1857
=Trochus (Coelotrochus) P. Fischer, 1879
=Trochus (Thorista) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Thoristella davegibbsi B.A. Marshall, 1998
Details: Coelotrochus davegibbsi B.A. Marshall, 1998
Size/Grows to:
Width 6.5mm
Distribution:
King Bank, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Poor Knights Islands, from 4-123m
Type Data:
  • South East Bay, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype of Thoristella davegibbsi B.A. Marshall, 1998)
  • 37 metres, off West Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 88 metres, N of Cape Reinga, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1998 A review of the Recent Trochini of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), Molluscan Research, 19 (p.92) 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