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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Onoba (Genus)
> elegans (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austronoba Powell, 1927
=Badenia Finlay, 1930
=Manawatawhia Powell, 1937
=Onoba (Manawatawhia) Powell, 1937
=Onoba (Onoba) H. & A. Adams, 1852
=Onoba (Ovirissoa) Hedley, 1916
=Ovirissoa Hedley, 1916
=Powellia Finlay, 1926
=Putilla (Ovirissoa) Hedley, 1916
=Rissoa (Onoba) H. & A. Adams, 1852
=Subonoba Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Onoba (Ovirissoa) elegans (Ponder, 1965) accepted, alternate representation
=Rissopsis (Peringiella) elegans Ponder, 1965
Images: Onoba elegans (Ponder, 1965)
Holotype, collected Dec 1953, 40 metres, off Whangaroa, Northland, NZ (MA71266). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Onoba (Genus)
> elegans (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austronoba Powell, 1927
=Badenia Finlay, 1930
=Manawatawhia Powell, 1937
=Onoba (Manawatawhia) Powell, 1937
=Onoba (Onoba) H. & A. Adams, 1852
=Onoba (Ovirissoa) Hedley, 1916
=Ovirissoa Hedley, 1916
=Powellia Finlay, 1926
=Putilla (Ovirissoa) Hedley, 1916
=Rissoa (Onoba) H. & A. Adams, 1852
=Subonoba Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Onoba (Ovirissoa) elegans (Ponder, 1965) accepted, alternate representation
=Rissopsis (Peringiella) elegans Ponder, 1965
Details: Onoba elegans (Ponder, 1965)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.1mm, Width 2.15mm
Distribution:
Northland
Geographical Range:
A
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.60)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.100)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1965 A revision of the New Zealand recent species previously known as Notosetia Iredale, 1915 (Rissoidae, Gastropoda), Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(2) (p.115) Original Description

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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