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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)
=Cyclostremella neozelanica 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)
=Cyclostremella neozelanica 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:
From Three Kings Islands to Snares and Auckland Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFAn
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

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil