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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Powellisetia (Genus)
> lineata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Notosetia lineata E.C. Smith, 1962
Images: Powellisetia lineata (E.C. Smith, 1962)
Collected in shell sand, Horseshoe Bay, Stewart Island, NZ. 1.4mm
Holotype, of Notosetia lineata E.C. Smith, collected Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island, NZ (M.020253). ~1.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Powellisetia (Genus)
> lineata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Notosetia lineata E.C. Smith, 1962
Details: Powellisetia lineata (E.C. Smith, 1962)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.4mm, Width 0.96mm
Distribution:
Stewart Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Low tide in algae
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.99)
  • 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.107)
  • Smith, E.C. 1962 Studies in the Stewart Island Mollusca. No. 1, Records of the Dominion Museum, 4(6) (p.55) 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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