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Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Merelina (Genus)
> compacta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Merelina (Mereliniopsis) Ponder, 1967
=Merelina (Promerelina) Powell, 1926
=Mereliniopsis Ponder, 1967
=Promerelina Powell, 1926
Images: Merelina compacta Powell, 1927
Holotype, collected in 11-18 metres, off Mangonui Heads, Northland, NZ (MA72093). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Merelina (Genus)
> compacta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Merelina (Mereliniopsis) Ponder, 1967
=Merelina (Promerelina) Powell, 1926
=Mereliniopsis Ponder, 1967
=Promerelina Powell, 1926
Details: Merelina compacta Powell, 1927
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.35mm, Width 0.65mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank
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.108)
  • Gardner, N.W. Dec/1977 The species of Merelina Iredale, (Rissoidae), occurring in intertidal drift, Poirieria, 9(3) (p.57)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1927 The genetic relationships of Australasian rissoids. Part 1. Descriptions of new recent genera and species from New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 57 (p.537) 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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