Interesting Facts
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Description
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Family Trochidae
Operculum thin and horny , with numerous spiral lines .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
)
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
)
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
)
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
)
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Vetigastropoda
(
)
- Salvini-Plawen, 1980
- Order:
Archaeogastropoda
(
)
- Superfamily:
Trochoidea
(
)
- C.S. Rafinesque, 1815
- Superfamily:
Trochoidea
(
- Order:
Archaeogastropoda
(
- Superorder:
Vetigastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Endemic to New Zealand.
Last scrutiny: 2009
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Fossarina
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Further Reading
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 3, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 21, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1915423
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: NZ-30508
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16231718
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2855808
