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Taxonomy
Family:
ELACHISINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Elachisinidae (Family)
> Dolicrossea (Genus)
> vesca (Species)
Images: Dolicrossea vesca Finlay, 1926
Holotype, collected Lyall Bay, Wellington, NZ (MA70243). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
In shell sand, Marfells Beach, W of Cape Campbell, NZ. 3.0mm
Taxonomy
Family:
ELACHISINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Elachisinidae (Family)
> Dolicrossea (Genus)
> vesca (Species)
Details: Dolicrossea vesca Finlay, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.3mm, Width 2.6mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands to Invercargill and Chatham Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Walsby, J.R., Morton, J.E. 1982 Chitons, Limpets & Topshells & Pulmonates (Amphineura, Archaeogastropoda & Pulmonata), Marine Molluscs, University of Auckland, Leigh Marine Laboratory, 1 (p.64)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.73)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.403) Original Description

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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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