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Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Attenuata (Genus)
> regis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Adolphinoba Powell, 1930
=Nobolira Finlay, 1926
=Nobolira (Adolphinoba) Powell, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Nobolira regis Powell, 1940
Images: Attenuata regis (Powell, 1940)
Holotype, collected in 91 metres, between Spirits Bay and Three Kings Islands, Far North, NZ (MA72105). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Attenuata (Genus)
> regis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Adolphinoba Powell, 1930
=Nobolira Finlay, 1926
=Nobolira (Adolphinoba) Powell, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Nobolira regis Powell, 1940
Details: Attenuata regis (Powell, 1940)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.5mm, Width 1.0mm
Distribution:
King Bank, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Bay of 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)
  • 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

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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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