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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
Geographical Range:
ACFMAn
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

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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 approximation 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil