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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Ruapukea (Genus)
> carolus (Species)
Images: Ruapukea carolus Dell, 1952
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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Ruapukea (Genus)
> carolus (Species)
Details: Ruapukea carolus Dell, 1952
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.5mm, Width 0.7mm
Distribution:
Foveaux Strait, from 24m
Type Data:
  • 24 metres, off Ruapuke Island, Foveaux Strait, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Ponder, W.F. 1985 A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea), Records of the Australian Museum (p.106)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.98)
  • Dell, R.K. 1952 New marine Mollusca from the Cook Strait area and southern New Zealand., Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 79(2) (p.417) 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