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Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Retilaskeya (Genus)
> elegantula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Marshallaskeya Gründel, 1980
=Retilaskeya (Marshallaskeya) Gründel, 1980
Synonymised Names:
=Altispecula elegantula Powell, 1930
=Laskeya elegantula (Powell, 1930)
=Marshallaskeya elegantula (Powell, 1930)
=Retilaskeya (Marshallaskeya) elegantula (Powell, 1930)
=Socienna elegantula (Powell, 1930)
Images: Retilaskeya elegantula (Powell, 1930)
Holotype, collected in 110 metres, W of Poor Knights Islands, Northland, NZ (MA72007). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
CERITHIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiopsidae (Family)
> Retilaskeya (Genus)
> elegantula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Marshallaskeya Gründel, 1980
=Retilaskeya (Marshallaskeya) Gründel, 1980
Synonymised Names:
=Altispecula elegantula Powell, 1930
=Laskeya elegantula (Powell, 1930)
=Marshallaskeya elegantula (Powell, 1930)
=Retilaskeya (Marshallaskeya) elegantula (Powell, 1930)
=Socienna elegantula (Powell, 1930)
Details: Retilaskeya elegantula (Powell, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Height 8mm, Width 1.5mm
Distribution:
North Island, Three Kings to East Cape
Geographical Range:
AE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.135)
  • Marshall, B.A. Mar/1978 Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand and a provisional classification of the family, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 5(1) (p.73)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1929 New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water Dredgings, Part 1, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 60 (p.539) Original Description

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

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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