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Taxonomy
Family:
VANIKORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Vanikoridae (Family)
> Zeradina (Genus)
> ovata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fossarus ovatus Odhner, 1924
=Micreschara (Naridista) ovata (Odhner, 1924) accepted, alternate representation
=Micreschara ovata (Odhner, 1924)
Images: Zeradina ovata (Odhner, 1924)
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Taxonomy
Family:
VANIKORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Vanikoridae (Family)
> Zeradina (Genus)
> ovata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fossarus ovatus Odhner, 1924
=Micreschara (Naridista) ovata (Odhner, 1924) accepted, alternate representation
=Micreschara ovata (Odhner, 1924)
Details: Zeradina ovata (Odhner, 1924)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.75mm, Width 1.9mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, north-western North Island (Ahipara) and north-eastern and south-western North Island
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)
  • Odhner, N.H. 1924 Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. XIX. New Zealand Mollusca, Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn, 77 (p.18) 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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