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Taxonomy
Family:
TUDICLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Buccinulum (Genus)
> littorinoides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Buccinulum (Chathamina) Finlay, 1928
=Buccinulum (Euthrena) Iredale, 1918
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) Finlay, 1926
=Euthrena Iredale, 1918
=Evarne H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Evarnula Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinulum strebeli (Suter, 1908)
=Buccinulum vittatum littorinoides (Reeve, 1846)
=Buccinum littorinoides Reeve, 1846
=Euthria flavescens Hutton, 1883
=Euthria littorinoides (Reeve, 1846)
Images: Buccinulum littorinoides (Reeve, 1846)
Under rocks and among Perna at low tide. Nelson, NZ. 20-25mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Buccinulum (Euthrena) strebeli exsculptum Powell, collected Bluff, Southland, NZ (MA70122). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
TUDICLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Buccinulum (Genus)
> littorinoides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Buccinulum (Chathamina) Finlay, 1928
=Buccinulum (Euthrena) Iredale, 1918
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) Finlay, 1926
=Euthrena Iredale, 1918
=Evarne H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Evarnula Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinulum strebeli (Suter, 1908)
=Buccinulum vittatum littorinoides (Reeve, 1846)
=Buccinum littorinoides Reeve, 1846
=Euthria flavescens Hutton, 1883
=Euthria littorinoides (Reeve, 1846)
Details: Buccinulum littorinoides (Reeve, 1846)
Size/Grows to:
Height 40mm
Distribution:
Southern North Island as far north-west as Ohope, and South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Bounty Islands, from 0-183m
Type Data:
  • Bluff, Southland, NZ, (holotype of Buccinulum (Euthrena) strebeli exsculptum Powell, 1929)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Gemmell, M.R., Trewick, S.A., Crampton, J.S., Vaux, F., Hills, S.F.K., Daly, E.E., Marshall, B.A., Beu, A.G., Morgan-Richards, M. 2018 Genetic structure and shell shape variation within a rocky shore whelk suggest both diverging and constraining selection with gene flow, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 20 (p.1)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.199)

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