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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Powellisetia (Genus)
> tenuisculpta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Notosetia tenuisculpta Powell, 1933
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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Powellisetia (Genus)
> tenuisculpta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Notosetia tenuisculpta Powell, 1933
Details: Powellisetia tenuisculpta (Powell, 1933)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.25mm, Width 0.75mm
Distribution:
South-western South Island as far north as Milford Sound, and Stewart, Auckland, Antipodes and Bounty Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1999 A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand Region, The Nautilus, 113(1) (p.26)
  • 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.113)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1933 Marine Mollusca from the Bounty Islands, Records of the Canterbury Museum, 4 (p.37) 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