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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Haurakia (Genus)
> sinuastoma (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Pusillina (Haurakia) sinuastoma (Ponder, 1967)
=Pusillina sinuastoma (Ponder, 1967)
=Rissoa (Haurakia) sinuastoma Ponder, 1967
Images: Haurakia sinuastoma (Ponder, 1967)
Holotype, collected Kapowairua, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ (MA71307). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Haurakia (Genus)
> sinuastoma (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Pusillina (Haurakia) sinuastoma (Ponder, 1967)
=Pusillina sinuastoma (Ponder, 1967)
=Rissoa (Haurakia) sinuastoma Ponder, 1967
Details: Haurakia sinuastoma (Ponder, 1967)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.0mm, Width 0.6mm
Distribution:
Spirits Bay
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.96)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1967 The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 9(17) (p.199) 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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