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Taxonomy
Family:
CALYPTRAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Calyptraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Calyptraeidae (Family)
> Grandicrepidula (Genus)
> collinae (Species)
Images: Grandicrepidula collinae B.A. Marshall, 2003
Attached to gastropods, deep water off Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 24mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
CALYPTRAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Calyptraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Calyptraeidae (Family)
> Grandicrepidula (Genus)
> collinae (Species)
Details: Grandicrepidula collinae B.A. Marshall, 2003
Size/Grows to:
Length 48mm, Width 22mm
Distribution:
Eastern Northland southward to the Snares, from 228-587m
Type Data:
  • 180-200 metres, E of Poor Knights Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Found behind outer lip of living or dead/hermit-crab Gastropod shells
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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.129) 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