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MA72217. Paratype. Dredged off Three Kings Islands. 1mm. © Auckland Museum CC BY
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Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approxomation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
FW =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced

Scissurella manawatawhia Powell, 1937

Classification:Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Lepetelllida (Order) > Scissurelloidea (Superfamily) > Scissurellidae (Family) > Scissurella (Genus)
Family:SCISSURELLIDAE
Size/Grows to:Length 1mm, Width 1mm
Distribution:Off Three Kings Islands, 260 metres
Geographical Range:A
Notes:
Endemic
 
References and Publications:
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.34)

Note: Localities are approximate, and represent only some of the known localities for the species.

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