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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Subonoba (Genus)
> candidissima (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Subonoba (Austronoba) Powell, 1927
Synonymised Names:
=Onoba (Onoba) candidissima (Webster, 1905)
=Onoba candidissima (Webster, 1905)
=Rissoa candidissima Webster, 1905
=Rissoia candidissima Webster, 1905
Images: Subonoba candidissima (Webster, 1905)
Holotype, collected pre 1929, Takapuna, Auckland, NZ (MA70668). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Subonoba (Genus)
> candidissima (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Subonoba (Austronoba) Powell, 1927
Synonymised Names:
=Onoba (Onoba) candidissima (Webster, 1905)
=Onoba candidissima (Webster, 1905)
=Rissoa candidissima Webster, 1905
=Rissoia candidissima Webster, 1905
Details: Subonoba candidissima (Webster, 1905)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.0mm, Width 1.0mm
Distribution:
Northland to Mahia
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006 Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 43 (p.34)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1985 A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea), Records of the Australian Museum (p.56)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.113)
  • Webster, W.H. 1905 Some new species of New Zealand marine shells, together with remarks on some non-marine species, and some addition to the "Index Fauna", Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 37 (p.278) Original Description

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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