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Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Merelina (Genus)
> crosseaformis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Merelina (Mereliniopsis) Ponder, 1967
=Merelina (Promerelina) Powell, 1926
=Mereliniopsis Ponder, 1967
=Promerelina Powell, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Promerelina crosseaformis Powell, 1926
Images: Merelina crosseaformis (Powell, 1926)
Holotype, collected Lady Alice (Big Chicken) Island, Hen & Chicken Islands, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA72121). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Merelina (Genus)
> crosseaformis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Merelina (Mereliniopsis) Ponder, 1967
=Merelina (Promerelina) Powell, 1926
=Mereliniopsis Ponder, 1967
=Promerelina Powell, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Promerelina crosseaformis Powell, 1926
Details: Merelina crosseaformis (Powell, 1926)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.0mm, Width 1.25mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Ponder, W.F. 1985 A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea), Records of the Australian Museum (p.72)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.109)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1926 Descriptions of six New Species and a New Genus of Gastropod Mollusca from Northern New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 56 (p.593) 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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