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Taxonomy
Family:
CALYPTRAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Calyptraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Calyptraeidae (Family)
> Sigapatella (Genus)
> terraenovae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Calyptraea (Sigapatella) Lesson, 1831
=Clypeola Gray, 1868
=Sigapatella (Sigapatella) Lesson, 1831
=Sigapatella (Spirogalerus) Finlay & Marwick, 1937
=Spirogalerus Finlay & Marwick, 1937
=Zegalerus Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Trochita alta Hutton, 1885
=Zegalerus crater Finlay, 1926
=Zegalerus tumens Finlay, 1930
Images: Sigapatella terraenovae Peile, 1924
In beach drift, Far North, NZ. 26mm. © rights reserved
Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 29mm. © rights reserved
Collected Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (M.018468). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CALYPTRAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Calyptraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Calyptraeidae (Family)
> Sigapatella (Genus)
> terraenovae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Calyptraea (Sigapatella) Lesson, 1831
=Clypeola Gray, 1868
=Sigapatella (Sigapatella) Lesson, 1831
=Sigapatella (Spirogalerus) Finlay & Marwick, 1937
=Spirogalerus Finlay & Marwick, 1937
=Zegalerus Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Trochita alta Hutton, 1885
=Zegalerus crater Finlay, 1926
=Zegalerus tumens Finlay, 1930
Details: Sigapatella terraenovae Peile, 1924
Size/Grows to:
Length 34mm, Height 20mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands, Far North and Ranfurly Bank, East Cape, from 0-622m
Type Data:
  • 20-40 metres, off North Cape, NZ, (holotype)
  • Cape Maria van Diemen, NZ, (holotype of Zegalerus tumens Finlay, 1930)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Living attached to hard substrate,
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2003 A review of the Recent and late Cenozoic Calyptraeidae of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda), The Veliger, 46(2) (p.131)
  • Cumber, R.A. Aug/1981 An unusual form of Zegalerus sp. from Great Exhibition Bay, Poirieria, 11(1) (p.5)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.149)
  • Peile, A. 1924 A new species of Sigapatella (S. terraenovae), Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 16 (p.21) 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