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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LITTORINIDAE: LAEVILITORININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Littorinoidea (Superfamily)
> Littorinidae (Family)
> Laevilitorininae (Subfamily)
> Laevilitorina (Genus)
> aucklandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laevilitorina (Macquariella) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Laevilitorina (Rissolittorina) Ponder, 1966 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Laevilitorina (Macquariella) aucklandica (Powell, 1933) accepted, alternate representation
=Macquariella aucklandica Powell, 1933
Images: Laevilitorina aucklandica (Powell, 1933)
Holotype of Macquariella aucklandica, collected North Harbour ('Faith Harbour'), Auckland Islands, NZ (M.001808). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LITTORINIDAE: LAEVILITORININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Littorinoidea (Superfamily)
> Littorinidae (Family)
> Laevilitorininae (Subfamily)
> Laevilitorina (Genus)
> aucklandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laevilitorina (Macquariella) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Laevilitorina (Rissolittorina) Ponder, 1966 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Laevilitorina (Macquariella) aucklandica (Powell, 1933) accepted, alternate representation
=Macquariella aucklandica Powell, 1933
Details: Laevilitorina aucklandica (Powell, 1933)
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.75mm, Height 1.4mm
Distribution:
Stewart, Chatham and Auckland Islands
Geographical Range:
CAn
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.88)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1933 New species of marine Mollusca from the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 20(5) (p.233) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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