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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NATICIDAE: NATICINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Naticoidea (Superfamily)
> Naticidae (Family)
> Naticinae (Subfamily)
> Notocochlis (Genus)
> gualtieriana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cochlis migratoria Powell, 1927
=Cochlis vafer Finlay, 1930
=Natica (Natica) gualtieriana Récluz, 1844
=Natica (Notocochlis) gualtieriana Récluz, 1844
=Natica (Notocochlis) migratoria (Powell, 1927)
=Natica (Polinices) burnupi E.A. Smith, 1903
=Natica asellus Reeve, 1855
=Natica balteata G.B. Sowerby III, 1914
=Natica burnupi E.A. Smith, 1903
=Natica gualteriana Récluz, 1844
=Natica gualtieriana Récluz, 1844
=Natica gualtieriana f. burnupi E.A. Smith, 1903
=Natica locellus Reeve, 1855
=Natica nemo Bartsch, 1915
=Natica tessellata Philippi, 1849
=Notocochlis migratoria (Powell, 1927)
Images: Notocochlis gualtieriana (Récluz, 1844)
On Zostera flats, Far North, NZ. 22mm. © rights reserved
On Zostera flats, Far North, NZ. 22mm. © rights reserved
Occasionally found at low tide in sand throughout Northland, NZ. © rights reserved
Egg rings in a shallow rock pool at low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 30-40mm. © rights reserved
Alive in sandy rock pools at low tide, Far North, NZ. 15mm. © rights reserved
Crawling over rocks just below low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. ~20mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NATICIDAE: NATICINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Naticoidea (Superfamily)
> Naticidae (Family)
> Naticinae (Subfamily)
> Notocochlis (Genus)
> gualtieriana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cochlis migratoria Powell, 1927
=Cochlis vafer Finlay, 1930
=Natica (Natica) gualtieriana Récluz, 1844
=Natica (Notocochlis) gualtieriana Récluz, 1844
=Natica (Notocochlis) migratoria (Powell, 1927)
=Natica (Polinices) burnupi E.A. Smith, 1903
=Natica asellus Reeve, 1855
=Natica balteata G.B. Sowerby III, 1914
=Natica burnupi E.A. Smith, 1903
=Natica gualteriana Récluz, 1844
=Natica gualtieriana Récluz, 1844
=Natica gualtieriana f. burnupi E.A. Smith, 1903
=Natica locellus Reeve, 1855
=Natica nemo Bartsch, 1915
=Natica tessellata Philippi, 1849
=Notocochlis migratoria (Powell, 1927)
Details: Notocochlis gualtieriana (Récluz, 1844)
Size/Grows to:
Height 30mm, Width 22mm
Distribution:
W Pacific, Kermadec Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Great Barrier Island, from 0-37m
Type Data:
  • Parengarenga Harbour, NZ, (paratype of Natica migratoria (Powell, 1927))
Notes:
Moon Snail, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.220)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.154)
  • Aug/1976 Notocochils migratoria, Poirieria, 8(4)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1926 On a large Tonna and two other Gastropods of Australian origins, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.560)

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