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Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Attenuata (Genus)
> bollonsi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Adolphinoba Powell, 1930
=Nobolira Finlay, 1926
=Nobolira (Adolphinoba) Powell, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Nobolira bollonsi Powell, 1930
Images: Attenuata bollonsi (Powell, 1930)
Holotype, collected in 110 metres, W of Poor Knights Islands, Northland, NZ (MA71394). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Attenuata (Genus)
> bollonsi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Adolphinoba Powell, 1930
=Nobolira Finlay, 1926
=Nobolira (Adolphinoba) Powell, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Nobolira bollonsi Powell, 1930
Details: Attenuata bollonsi (Powell, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.5mm, Width 1.3mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island, from 38-805m
Type Data:
  • 110 metres, W of Poor Knights Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Ponder, W.F. 1985 A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea), Records of the Australian Museum (p.77)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.115)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1930 New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water Dredgings, Part 1, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 60 (p.536) 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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