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Taxonomy
Family:
SCISSURELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Scissurellidae (Family)
> Sinezona (Genus)
> levigata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ariella Bandel, 1998
=Daizona Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Ariella campbelli Bandel, 1998
=Schismope brevis levigata Iredale, 1908
Images: Sinezona levigata (Iredale, 1908)
Collected 13 May 1986, off '30 Fathom Point', inside Five Fingers Peninsula, Fiordland, NZ (M.144348). 1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 13 May 1986, off '30 Fathom Point', inside Five Fingers Peninsula, Fiordland, NZ (M.144348). 1mm. © 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)
> levigata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ariella Bandel, 1998
=Daizona Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Ariella campbelli Bandel, 1998
=Schismope brevis levigata Iredale, 1908
Details: Sinezona levigata (Iredale, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.0mm
Distribution:
North-eastern and southern North Island, and South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-117m
Type Data:
  • Sandfly Bay, Otago Peninsula, NZ, (holotype)
  • Campbell Island, NZ, (type of Ariella campbelli Bandel, 1998)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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.171)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.35)
  • Iredale, T. 1908 Notes on some New Zealand marine molluscs, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 40 (p.381) 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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