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Taxonomy
Family:
TORNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tornidae (Family)
> Elachorbis (Genus)
> diaphana (Species)
Images: Elachorbis diaphana Finlay, 1924
Holotype, collected Bluff, Southland, NZ (MA70256). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
TORNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tornidae (Family)
> Elachorbis (Genus)
> diaphana (Species)
Details: Elachorbis diaphana Finlay, 1924
Size/Grows to:
Width 0.75mm, Height 0.4mm
Distribution:
Foveaux Strait, from Bluff oyster scrapings
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.74)
  • Finlay, H. 1924 Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 55 (p.518) 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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