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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoinidae (Family)
> Rissoina (Genus)
> larochei (Species)
Images: Rissoina larochei Finlay, 1930
Holotype, collected off Doubtless Bay, Northland, NZ (MA70677). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoinidae (Family)
> Rissoina (Genus)
> larochei (Species)
Details: Rissoina larochei Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.9mm, Width 1.3mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, and northern North Island as far south as Whangarei, from 0-233m
Type Data:
  • 22 metres, Doubtless Bay, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
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)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.227) 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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