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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoinidae (Family)
> Rissoina (Genus)
> powelli (Species)
Images: Rissoina powelli Finlay, 1930
Holotype, collected in 110 metres, west of Poor Knights Islands, Northland, NZ (MA70679). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoinidae (Family)
> Rissoina (Genus)
> powelli (Species)
Details: Rissoina powelli Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Height 7.9mm, Width 3.0mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and northern North Island as far south-east as Poor Knights Islands, from 69-246m
Type Data:
  • 110 metres, W of Poor Knights Islands, NZ, (holotype)
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.107)
  • 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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