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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:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, off Cape Reinga and Ranfurly Bank
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.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. 1930 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

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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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