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Taxonomy
Family:
CHILODONTAIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Chilodontaidae (Family)
> Herpetopoma (Genus)
> larochei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Euchelus (Herpetopoma) larochei Powell, 1926
Images: Herpetopoma larochei (Powell, 1926)
Holotype, collected off Taupo Bay, Whangaroa, Northland, NZ (MA72060). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected off Taupo Bay, Whangaroa, Northland, NZ (MA72060). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
CHILODONTAIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Chilodontaidae (Family)
> Herpetopoma (Genus)
> larochei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Euchelus (Herpetopoma) larochei Powell, 1926
Details: Herpetopoma larochei (Powell, 1926)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.9mm, Width 5.0mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, and northern North Island as far south as Mahia Peninsula, from 0-329m
Type Data:
  • Off Taupo Bay, Whangaroa, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.52)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1926 Descriptions of two new gastropods from Whangaroa, New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 17(1) (p.36) 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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