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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Haurakia (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Pusillina (Haurakia) otagoensis (Dell, 1956)
=Pusillina otagoensis (Dell, 1956)
Images: Haurakia otagoensis (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Pusillina otagoensis, collected 16 Aug 1955, Taiaroa Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ (M.009278). © 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)
> Haurakia (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Pusillina (Haurakia) otagoensis (Dell, 1956)
=Pusillina otagoensis (Dell, 1956)
Details: Haurakia otagoensis (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.6mm, Width 1.8mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island, from 549m
Type Data:
  • 550 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, off Taiaroa Head, NZ, (holotype of Pusillina otagoensis Dell, 1956)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.95)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.62) 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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