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Taxonomy
Family:
SCISSURELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Scissurellidae (Family)
> Incisura (Genus)
> lytteltonensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Scissurona Iredale, 1924
Synonymised Names:
=Scissurella lyttleltonensis E.A. Smith, 1894
Images: Incisura lytteltonensis (E.A. Smith, 1894)
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Taxonomy
Family:
SCISSURELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Scissurellidae (Family)
> Incisura (Genus)
> lytteltonensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Scissurona Iredale, 1924
Synonymised Names:
=Scissurella lyttleltonensis E.A. Smith, 1894
Details: Incisura lytteltonensis (E.A. Smith, 1894)
Size/Grows to:
Length 1.3mm, Width 1mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. In shell sand and alive on under sides of stones
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.38)
  • Smith, E.A. 1894 On some new species of shells from New Zealand and Australia, and remarks upon some forms occurring in deep-water off Sydney, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 1 (p.57) 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