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Taxonomy
Family:
OMALOGYRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Omalogyroidea (Superfamily)
> Omalogyridae (Family)
> Omalogyra (Genus)
> fusca (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ammonicerina O.G. Costa, 1861
=Euomphalus (Omalogyra) Jeffreys, 1859
=Helisalia Laseron, 1954
=Homalogyra Jeffreys, 1867
Images: Omalogyra fusca Suter, 1908
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Taxonomy
Family:
OMALOGYRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Omalogyroidea (Superfamily)
> Omalogyridae (Family)
> Omalogyra (Genus)
> fusca (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ammonicerina O.G. Costa, 1861
=Euomphalus (Omalogyra) Jeffreys, 1859
=Helisalia Laseron, 1954
=Homalogyra Jeffreys, 1867
Details: Omalogyra fusca Suter, 1908
Size/Grows to:
Height 0.5mm, Width 1mm
Distribution:
North Island, north-eastern South Island and Chatham Islands, from 0-10m
Type Data:
  • Lyttelton Harbour, Christchurch, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, In shell sand and low tidal seaweed
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.120)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.33) Original Description

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