Cantharidus turneri

Cantharidus turneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Cantharidus
Species:	C. turneri
Binomial name
Cantharidus turneri (Powell, 1939)
Synonyms
Margarella turneriPowell, 1939

Cantharidus turneri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. ^[1] The species was originally described as Margarella turneri by Arthur William Baden Powell in 1939 ^[2] , but later research placed it in the genus Cantharidus within the subfamily Cantharidinae of Trochidae.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 9 mm, its diameter 8 mm.

Distribution

This top snail is endemic to the southern shores of New Zealand. C. turneri has been found around Stewart Island (including Ulva Island in Paterson Inlet) and has also been recorded on the Snares, Auckland, and Campbell Islands further south. ^[3] It inhabits the low intertidal to shallow subtidal zone, where it lives on seaweed-covered rocks near low tide level ^[3] . The holotype was collected under such conditions at Stewart Island. ^[2]

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cantharidus turneri (Powell, 1939). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598228 on 2012-11-23
2. Blom, W. M. et al. (2019). Fossil and Recent molluscan types in the Auckland War Memorial Museum – Part 3. Records of the Auckland Museum at https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/342467.pdf#:~:text=Margarella%20turneri%20Powell%2C%201939%20Powell%2C,same%20locality%20as%20the%20holotype
3. "NZ Mollusca - Cantharidus turneri". www.mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 2025-07-28.

• Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Collins, Auckland 500p (p. 51)
• Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254

External links

• World Register of Marine Species
• "Cantharidus turneri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.