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Taxonomy
Family:
SCISSURELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (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)
> Lepetellida (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:
Middlesex and King Banks, Kermadec Islands, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and southern North Island, far northern and southern South Island, and Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, and Pukaki Rise, from 0-805m
Type Data:
  • Lyall Bay, Wellington, NZ, (holotype of Schismope lyallensis Finlay, 1926)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, In shell sand and alive on under sides of stones
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

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