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Taxonomy
Family: EULIMIDAE Full Classification: Genus Synonyms: =Balcis Leach in Gray, 1847 =Eulimaustra Laseron, 1955 =Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822 Synonymised Names: =Balcis alertae Dell, 1956 |
Images: Melanella alertae (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Balcis alertae, collected 28 Mar 1954, off Otago Peninsula, Karitane Canyon, NZ (M.009686). ~4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: EULIMIDAE Full Classification: Genus Synonyms: =Balcis Leach in Gray, 1847 =Eulimaustra Laseron, 1955 =Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822 Synonymised Names: =Balcis alertae Dell, 1956 |
Details: Melanella alertae (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.5mm, Width 1.3mm
Distribution:
Off eastern Otago
Geographical Range:
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Notes:
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References and Publications
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.139)
- Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.81) Original Description
Key to 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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