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Taxonomy
Family:
IRAVADIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Iravadiidae (Family)
> Nozeba (Genus)
> emarginata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rissoa emarginata Hutton, 1885
=Rissoina coulthardi Webster, 1908
=Rissoina emarginata (Hutton, 1885)
=Rissoina parvilirata Suter, 1907
Images: Nozeba emarginata (Hutton, 1885)
Holotype of Rissoina coulthardi Webster, 1908, collected off Orua Bay, Manukau Harbour, NZ (MA70674). 3mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected 22 Jan 1904, 1.61 km SW of Channel Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.001761). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
IRAVADIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Iravadiidae (Family)
> Nozeba (Genus)
> emarginata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rissoa emarginata Hutton, 1885
=Rissoina coulthardi Webster, 1908
=Rissoina emarginata (Hutton, 1885)
=Rissoina parvilirata Suter, 1907
Details: Nozeba emarginata (Hutton, 1885)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.0mm, Width 1.5mm
Distribution:
North Island and South Island as far south as Dunedin, from 0-530m
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.110)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1885 Descriptions of new Tertiary shells. Part 1, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 17 (p.320) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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