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Taxonomy
Family:
SCISSURELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Scissurellidae (Family)
> Sukashitrochus (Genus)
> lyallensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Schismope lyallensis Finlay, 1926
Images: Sukashitrochus lyallensis (Finlay, 1926)
Holotype of Schismope lyallensis, collected in shell sand at Lyall Bay, Wellington, NZ (MA70696). 1.8mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Schismope lyallensis, collected in shell sand at Lyall Bay, Wellington, NZ (MA70696). 1.8mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
SCISSURELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Scissurellidae (Family)
> Sukashitrochus (Genus)
> lyallensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Schismope lyallensis Finlay, 1926
Details: Sukashitrochus lyallensis (Finlay, 1926)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.5mm, Width 1.8mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island. In shell sand and alive on under sides of stones. Also recently recorded from the Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
KACFMAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Walton, K. Nov/2015 New records of intertidal and shallow sub-tidal (to 30 m) Mollusca from the Chatham Islands, Cookia, 27 (p.3)
  • Geiger, D.L. 2012 Monograph of the Little Slit Shells 1, Introduction, Scissurellidae, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA (p.627)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1993 The systematic position of Larochea Finlay, 1927, and introduction of a new genus and two new species (Gastropoda: Scissurellidae), Journal of Molluscan Studies, 59 (p.286)
  • McLean, J.H. 1989 New slit-limpets (Scissurellacea and Fissurellacea) from hydrothermal vents. Part 1: Systematic descriptions and comparisons based on shell and radular characters, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 407 (p.3)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.35)
  • 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

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