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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Haurakia (Genus)
> pellucida (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Haurakiopsis pellucida Powell, 1937
=Pusillina (Haurakia) pellucida (Powell, 1937)
=Pusillina pellucida (Powell, 1937)
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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Haurakia (Genus)
> pellucida (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Haurakiopsis pellucida Powell, 1937
=Pusillina (Haurakia) pellucida (Powell, 1937)
=Pusillina pellucida (Powell, 1937)
Details: Haurakia pellucida (Powell, 1937)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.6mm, Width 1.1mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and off Cape Reinga, from 55-622m
Type Data:
  • 90 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
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.96)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.192) 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