Search
Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Eulima (Genus)
> perspicua (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Hemiliostraca perspicua (W.R.B. Oliver, 1915)
=Subularia perspicua W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
Images: Eulima perspicua (W.R.B. Oliver, 1915)
No images yet of this species.
If you have good photos you would like to share, please email me, and I can add them here.
Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Eulima (Genus)
> perspicua (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Hemiliostraca perspicua (W.R.B. Oliver, 1915)
=Subularia perspicua W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
Details: Eulima perspicua (W.R.B. Oliver, 1915)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern and south-western North Island, from 0-103m
Type Data:
  • Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
View Distribution Map
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.224)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.138)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1976 On the considerable influx of warm water molluscs that have invaded northern New Zealand waters within recent years, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 13 (p.143)
  • Oliver, W.R.B. 1915 The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47 (p.533) 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