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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoinidae (Family)
> Rissoina (Genus)
> achatina (Species)
Images: Rissoina achatina Odhner, 1924
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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoinidae (Family)
> Rissoina (Genus)
> achatina (Species)
Details: Rissoina achatina Odhner, 1924
Size/Grows to:
Height 6.2mm, Width 2.2mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, and northern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 0-233m
Type Data:
  • 18 metres, off Kawau Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Gardner, N.W. Aug/1979 Rissoina from Northern Beaches, Poirieria, 10(3) (p.45)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.106)
  • Odhner, N.H. 1924 Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. XIX. New Zealand Mollusca, Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn, 77 (p.23) 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