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Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Lironoba (Genus)
> elegans (Species)
Images: Lironoba elegans E.C. Smith, 1962
Holotype, collected Jun 1955, off Poutama Island, South Cape, NZ (M.020252). ~1.6mm. © 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)
> Lironoba (Genus)
> elegans (Species)
Details: Lironoba elegans E.C. Smith, 1962
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.66mm, Width 0.92mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island, Stewart 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)
  • Smith, E.C. 1962 Studies in the Stewart Island Mollusca. No. 1, Records of the Dominion Museum, 4(6) (p.51) 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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