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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 maoria Powell, 1940 |
Images: Melanella maoria (Powell, 1940)
Holotype, collected Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (MA70092). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: EULIMIDAE Full Classification: Genus Synonyms: =Balcis Leach in Gray, 1847 =Eulimaustra Laseron, 1955 =Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822 Synonymised Names: =Balcis maoria Powell, 1940 |
Details: Melanella maoria (Powell, 1940)
Size/Grows to:
Height 19mm, Width 6mm
Distribution:
Far North
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
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References and Publications
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.140)
- Powell, A.W.B. 1940 The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 (p.234) 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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