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Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Merelina (Genus)
> lyalliana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Merelina (Mereliniopsis) Ponder, 1967
=Merelina (Promerelina) Powell, 1926
=Mereliniopsis Ponder, 1967
=Promerelina Powell, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Rissoa cheilostoma lyalliana Suter, 1898
=Rissoia (Alvania) plicata var. lyalliana Suter, 1908
=Rissoia plicata var. lyalliana Suter, 1898
Images: Merelina lyalliana (Suter, 1898)
In beach drift, Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ. 2.5mm
In beach drift, Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ. 2.6mm
Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Merelina (Genus)
> lyalliana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Merelina (Mereliniopsis) Ponder, 1967
=Merelina (Promerelina) Powell, 1926
=Mereliniopsis Ponder, 1967
=Promerelina Powell, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Rissoa cheilostoma lyalliana Suter, 1898
=Rissoia (Alvania) plicata var. lyalliana Suter, 1908
=Rissoia plicata var. lyalliana Suter, 1898
Details: Merelina lyalliana (Suter, 1898)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.9mm, Width 1.1mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, North Island, and South Island as far south as Christchurch
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.53)
  • Suter, H. 1898 Revision of the New Zealand Rissoiidae, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 3 (p.6) 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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