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Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Attenuata (Genus)
> merelina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Adolphinoba Powell, 1930
=Nobolira Finlay, 1926
=Nobolira (Adolphinoba) Powell, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Nobolira merelina Dell, 1956
Images: Attenuata merelina (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Nobolira merelina, collected 16 Aug 1955, Taiaroa Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ (M.009279). ~2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Attenuata (Genus)
> merelina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Adolphinoba Powell, 1930
=Nobolira Finlay, 1926
=Nobolira (Adolphinoba) Powell, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Nobolira merelina Dell, 1956
Details: Attenuata merelina (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.7mm, Width 1.6mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island and Auckland Islands
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)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.65) Original Description

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

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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