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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoinidae (Family)
> Rissoina (Genus)
> fucosa (Species)
Images: Rissoina fucosa Finlay, 1930
Holotype, dredged off Cuvier Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA70676). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoinidae (Family)
> Rissoina (Genus)
> fucosa (Species)
Details: Rissoina fucosa Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.8mm, Width 2.0mm
Distribution:
Northern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 0-64m
Type Data:
  • 69 metres, S of Cuvier Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Gardner, N.W. Aug/1979 Rissoina from Northern Beaches, Poirieria, 10(3) (p.46)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.106)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.228) 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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