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Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Notoacmea (Genus)
> rapida (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Conacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Notoacmea (Conacmea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Notoacmea (Notoacmea) Iredale, 1915
=Notoacmea (Parvacmea) Iredale, 1915
=Notoacmea (Subacmea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Parvacmea Iredale, 1915
=Subacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Thalassacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
Images: Notoacmea rapida Nakano, Marshall, Kennedy & Spencer, 2009
Holotype, collected 8 Sept 2006, Halls Beach, Northcote, Waitemata Harbour, NZ (M.184206). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 29 Aug 2006, McLeod Bay, Whangarei Harbour, NZ (M.184205). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LOTTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lottiidae (Family)
> Notoacmea (Genus)
> rapida (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Conacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Notoacmea (Conacmea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Notoacmea (Notoacmea) Iredale, 1915
=Notoacmea (Parvacmea) Iredale, 1915
=Notoacmea (Subacmea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Parvacmea Iredale, 1915
=Subacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Thalassacmea W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
Details: Notoacmea rapida Nakano, Marshall, Kennedy & Spencer, 2009
Size/Grows to:
Length 6.8mm, Width 3.5mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island as far south as Napier, from 0m
Type Data:
  • Halls Beach, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, In muddy harbours, mainly on dead bivalves, usually on the inside of the valves
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References and Publications
  • Nakano, T., Marshall, B.A., Kennedy, M., Spencer, H.G. 2009 The phylogeny and taxonomy of New Zealand Notoacmea and Patelloida species (Mollusca: Patellogastropoda: Lottiidae) inferred from DNA sequences, Molluscan Research, 29(1) (p.52) 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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