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Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Attenuata (Genus)
> finlayi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Adolphinoba Powell, 1930
=Nobolira Finlay, 1926
=Nobolira (Adolphinoba) Powell, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Nobolira (Adolphinoba) finlayi Powell, 1930 accepted, alternate representation
=Nobolira finlayi Powell, 1930
Images: Attenuata finlayi (Powell, 1930)
Holotype, collected in 110 metres, W of Poor Knights Islands, Northland, NZ (MA70525). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Attenuata (Genus)
> finlayi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Adolphinoba Powell, 1930
=Nobolira Finlay, 1926
=Nobolira (Adolphinoba) Powell, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Nobolira (Adolphinoba) finlayi Powell, 1930 accepted, alternate representation
=Nobolira finlayi Powell, 1930
Details: Attenuata finlayi (Powell, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.2mm, Width 1.05mm
Distribution:
Northland to Mahia
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006 Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 43 (p.31)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1985 A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea), Records of the Australian Museum (p.76)
  • 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.537) Original Description

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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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