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Taxonomy
Family:
SCISSURELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Scissurellidae (Family)
> Sinezona (Genus)
> laqueus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ariella Bandel, 1998
=Daizona Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Schismope laqueus Finlay, 1926
Images: Sinezona laqueus (Finlay, 1926)
Holotype, collected in 90 metres, off Snares Islands, NZ (MA70695). 1.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 90 metres, off Snares Islands, NZ (MA70695). 1.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
SCISSURELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Scissurellidae (Family)
> Sinezona (Genus)
> laqueus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ariella Bandel, 1998
=Daizona Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Schismope laqueus Finlay, 1926
Details: Sinezona laqueus (Finlay, 1926)
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.5mm, Height 1.25mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, Kermadec Ridge, and South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-805m
Type Data:
  • 91 metres, off Snares Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.34)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.340) 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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