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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Striatestea (Genus)
> poutama (Species)
Images: Striatestea poutama Ponder, 1967
Holotype, collected Jun 1955, off Poutama Island, South Cape, NZ (M.021605). 1.5mm. © 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)
> Striatestea (Genus)
> poutama (Species)
Details: Striatestea poutama Ponder, 1967
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.51mm, Width 0.63mm
Distribution:
Stewart Island
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.98)
  • 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.203) 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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