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Taxonomy
Family:
SCISSURELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Scissurellidae (Family)
> Sinezona (Genus)
> brevis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ariella Bandel, 1998
=Daizona Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Schismope brevis Hedley, 1904
Images: Sinezona brevis (Hedley, 1904)
Collected 08 Apr 1973, Island Bay, Wellington, NZ (M.150342). 1.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 08 Apr 1973, Island Bay, Wellington, NZ (M.150342). 1.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SCISSURELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Scissurellidae (Family)
> Sinezona (Genus)
> brevis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ariella Bandel, 1998
=Daizona Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Schismope brevis Hedley, 1904
Details: Sinezona brevis (Hedley, 1904)
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.2mm, Height 1mm
Distribution:
Three Kings, North, South and Chatham Islands, from 0-46m
Type Data:
  • Lyall Bay, Wellington, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, In shell sand and inter-tidal on weed
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2002 Some Recent Scissurellids from the New Zealand region and remarks on some Scissurellid genus group names (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Vetigastropoda), Molluscan Research, 22 (p.172)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.34)
  • Hedley, C. 1904 Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, Records of the Australian Museum, 5(2) (p.90) 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
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