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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Awanuia (Genus)
> porcellana (Species)
Images: Awanuia porcellana Ponder, 1967
Collected in shell sand, 50 feet, South Harbour, Poor Knights Islands, Northland, NZ. 2.8mm. © rights reserved
Collected in shell sand, 50 feet, South Harbour, Poor Knights Islands, Northland, NZ. 2.8mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected Goat Island Bay, Leigh, Auckland, NZ (MA72965). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Awanuia (Genus)
> porcellana (Species)
Details: Awanuia porcellana Ponder, 1967
Size/Grows to:
Height 3mm, Width 1mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island, from 0m
Type Data:
  • Goat Island Bay Beach, Leigh, NE of Warkworth, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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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