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Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Attenuata (Genus)
> affinis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Adolphinoba Powell, 1930
=Nobolira Finlay, 1926
=Nobolira (Adolphinoba) Powell, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Attenuata affinis affinis (Powell, 1940) accepted, alternate representation
=Nobolira affinis Powell, 1940
Images: Attenuata affinis (Powell, 1940)
Holotype, collected SW of North Cape, NZ. 2mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Attenuata (Genus)
> affinis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Adolphinoba Powell, 1930
=Nobolira Finlay, 1926
=Nobolira (Adolphinoba) Powell, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Attenuata affinis affinis (Powell, 1940) accepted, alternate representation
=Nobolira affinis Powell, 1940
Details: Attenuata affinis (Powell, 1940)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.05mm, Width 1.09mm
Distribution:
Off North Cape
Geographical Range:
A
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.115)
  • 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.226) 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
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