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Taxonomy
Family:
ZEROTULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Littorinoidea (Superfamily)
> Zerotulidae (Family)
> Zerotula (Genus)
> nummaria (Species)
Images: Zerotula nummaria Powell, 1940
Holotype, collected in 1922, off Awanui Heads, Rangaunu Bay, Northland, NZ (MA72179). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
ZEROTULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Littorinoidea (Superfamily)
> Zerotulidae (Family)
> Zerotula (Genus)
> nummaria (Species)
Details: Zerotula nummaria Powell, 1940
Size/Grows to:
Height 0.5mm, Width 1.3mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island as far south as Wellington, SE of Stewart Island, and Chatham Islands, from 0-91m
Type Data:
  • 22 metres, off Awanui Heads, Rangaunu Bay, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.249)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1940 The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 (p.236) 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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