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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoinidae (Family)
> Rissoina (Genus)
> chathamensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Eulima chathamensis Hutton, 1873
=Rissoa rugulosa Hutton, 1873
=Rissoina rugulosa (Hutton, 1873)
Images: Rissoina chathamensis (Hutton, 1873)
On the undersides of rocks at low tide. Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 6mm. © rights reserved
On the undersides of rocks at low tide. Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 6mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoinidae (Family)
> Rissoina (Genus)
> chathamensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Eulima chathamensis Hutton, 1873
=Rissoa rugulosa Hutton, 1873
=Rissoina rugulosa (Hutton, 1873)
Details: Rissoina chathamensis (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7.5mm
Distribution:
Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-200m
Type Data:
  • Chatham Islands, NZ, (syntype of Eulima chathamensis Hutton, 1873)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Gardner, N.W. Aug/1979 Rissoina from Northern Beaches, Poirieria, 10(3) (p.44)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.106)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) (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
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