Melanella maui (Dell, 1952)Species Images
Holotype of Balcis maui Dell, 1952, collected 24/10/1950, Challenger Plateau, NZ (M.005562). Height approx 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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Taxonomy: Melanella maui (Dell, 1952)
Classification:
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcis Leach in Gray, 1847
=Eulimaustra Laseron, 1955
=Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822
=Eulimaustra Laseron, 1955
=Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822
Synonymised Names:
=Balcis maui Dell, 1952
Details: Melanella maui (Dell, 1952)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.5mm
Distribution:
Tasman Sea, off west coast North Island
Geographical Range:
CE.
Notes:
Distribution Map
References and Publications
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.140)
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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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