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Taxonomy
Family:
SCISSURELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Scissurellidae (Family)
> Scissurella (Genus)
> manawatawhia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Maxwellella Bandel, 1998
=Praescissurella Lozouet, 1998
=Reussella Bandel, 1998
=Schismope Jeffreys, 1856
=Woodwardia Crosse & Fischer, 1861
Images: Scissurella manawatawhia Powell, 1937
MA72217. Paratype. Dredged off Three Kings Islands. 1mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
SCISSURELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Scissurellidae (Family)
> Scissurella (Genus)
> manawatawhia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Maxwellella Bandel, 1998
=Praescissurella Lozouet, 1998
=Reussella Bandel, 1998
=Schismope Jeffreys, 1856
=Woodwardia Crosse & Fischer, 1861
Details: Scissurella manawatawhia Powell, 1937
Size/Grows to:
Length 1mm, Width 1mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island, from 33-805m
Type Data:
  • 260 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
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.34)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.175) 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