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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Haurakia (Genus)
> hamiltoni (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Pusillina (Haurakia) hamiltoni (Suter, 1898)
=Pusillina hamiltoni (Suter, 1898)
=Rissoa (Haurakia) hamiltoni Suter, 1898
=Rissoa hamiltoni Suter, 1898
=Rissoia hamiltoni Suter, 1898
Images: Haurakia hamiltoni (Suter, 1898)
In shell sand, Chatham Islands, NZ. 2.5mm
Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Haurakia (Genus)
> hamiltoni (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Pusillina (Haurakia) hamiltoni (Suter, 1898)
=Pusillina hamiltoni (Suter, 1898)
=Rissoa (Haurakia) hamiltoni Suter, 1898
=Rissoa hamiltoni Suter, 1898
=Rissoia hamiltoni Suter, 1898
Details: Haurakia hamiltoni (Suter, 1898)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.5mm, Width 1.5mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, North Island and South Island as far south as Dunedin
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.29)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.95)
  • Suter, H. 1898 Revision of the New Zealand Rissoiidae, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 3 (p.2) 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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