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Taxonomy
Family:
HIPPONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Hipponicidae (Family)
> Hipponix (Genus)
> liberatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hipponix (Hipponix) Defrance, 1819
=Hipponix (Krebsia) Mörch, 1877
=Krebsia Mörch, 1877
=Krebsia (Tenpetasus) Iredale, 1929
=Tenpetasus Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Capulus liberatus Pease, 1868
=Krebsia (Tenpetasus) liberata (Pease, 1868)
=Krebsia liberata (Pease, 1868)
Images: Hipponix liberatus (Pease, 1868)
Collected in beach drift, Bay of Islands, NZ. 12mm. © rights reserved
Collected in beach drift, Bay of Islands, NZ. 12mm. © rights reserved
Collected in beach drift, Bay of Islands, NZ. 12mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
HIPPONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Hipponicidae (Family)
> Hipponix (Genus)
> liberatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hipponix (Hipponix) Defrance, 1819
=Hipponix (Krebsia) Mörch, 1877
=Krebsia Mörch, 1877
=Krebsia (Tenpetasus) Iredale, 1929
=Tenpetasus Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Capulus liberatus Pease, 1868
=Krebsia (Tenpetasus) liberata (Pease, 1868)
=Krebsia liberata (Pease, 1868)
Details: Hipponix liberatus (Pease, 1868)
Size/Grows to:
Length 16mm, Width 12mm
Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific. North-eastern North Island, from 0m
Type Data:
  • Tuamotus, French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Sim-Smith, C., Kelly, M. 2009 A literature review on the Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, Department of Conservation, Whangarei (p.91)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.146)
  • 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.144)
  • Pease, W. 1868 Description of sixty-five new species of marine Gastropodae, inhabiting Polynesia, American Journal of Conchology, 3(4) (p.284) 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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