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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Elaphriella (Genus)
> meridiana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Archiminolia meridiana (Dell, 1953)
=Zeminolia meridiana Dell, 1953
Images: Elaphriella meridiana (Dell, 1953)
Holotype of Zeminolia meridiana, collected 04 Nov 1950, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.005666). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Elaphriella (Genus)
> meridiana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Archiminolia meridiana (Dell, 1953)
=Zeminolia meridiana Dell, 1953
Details: Elaphriella meridiana (Dell, 1953)
Size/Grows to:
Width 9mm, Height 7mm
Distribution:
Off North Island, Chatham Rise, Also off Dunedin, 220-1000 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1999 A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand Region, The Nautilus, 113(1) (p.27)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.64)
  • Dell, R.K. 1953 A molluscan fauna from the Chatham Rise, New Zealand., Records of the Dominion Museum, 2(1) (p.42) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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