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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:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and off northern tip of Northland
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

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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