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Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Liotella (Genus)
> rotula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Brookula (Liotella) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Brookula (Liotella) rotula (Suter, 1908)
=Liotella rotuloides Powell, 1937
=Liotia rotula Suter, 1908
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Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Liotella (Genus)
> rotula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Brookula (Liotella) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Brookula (Liotella) rotula (Suter, 1908)
=Liotella rotuloides Powell, 1937
=Liotia rotula Suter, 1908
Details: Liotella rotula (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.7mm, Height 1.0mm
Distribution:
Southern Norfolk Ridge, Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, eastern and south-western South Island, and Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell and Antipodes Islands, and Chatham Rise, from 53-805m
Type Data:
  • 260 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (type of rotuloides Powell, 1937)
  • 91 metres, off Snares Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.79)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.182)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.24) 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