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Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Liotella (Genus)
> mackenae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Brookula (Liotella) Iredale, 1915
Images: Liotella mackenae Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected 01 Feb 1954, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009769). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 01 Feb 1954, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009769). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 01 Feb 1954, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009769). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Liotella (Genus)
> mackenae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Brookula (Liotella) Iredale, 1915
Details: Liotella mackenae Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.6mm, Height 1.3mm
Distribution:
Off North Cape, eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 80-939m
Type Data:
  • 240 metres, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.79)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.50) 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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