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Taxonomy
Family:
VANIKORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Vanikoridae (Family)
> Radinista (Genus)
> scalarina (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Zeradina scalarina Powell, 1940
Images: Radinista scalarina Powell, 1940
Holotype, collected between Spirits Bay and Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA72178). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
VANIKORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Vanikoridae (Family)
> Radinista (Genus)
> scalarina (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Zeradina scalarina Powell, 1940
Details: Radinista scalarina Powell, 1940
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.7mm, Width 1.85mm
Distribution:
Between Spirits Bay and Three Kings Islands
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.144)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1940 The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 (p.229) 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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