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Taxonomy
Family:
ORBITESTELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Orbitestelloidea (Superfamily)
> Orbitestellidae (Family)
> Orbitestella (Genus)
> hinemoa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Omalogyra (Omalogyrina) Magne & Vergneau-Saubade, 1973
=Orbitestella (Omalogyrina) Magne & Vergneau-Saubade, 1973
Images: Orbitestella hinemoa Mestayer, 1919
Holotype, collected off The Snares, NZ (M.001065). 1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
ORBITESTELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Orbitestelloidea (Superfamily)
> Orbitestellidae (Family)
> Orbitestella (Genus)
> hinemoa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Omalogyra (Omalogyrina) Magne & Vergneau-Saubade, 1973
=Orbitestella (Omalogyrina) Magne & Vergneau-Saubade, 1973
Details: Orbitestella hinemoa Mestayer, 1919
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.0mm, Height 0.33mm
Distribution:
South-western North Island (off Patea), South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland and Bounty Islands and Pukaki Rise, from 0-420m
Type Data:
  • 91 metres, off Snares Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.118)
  • Mestayer, M. 1919 New species of Mollusca from various dredgings taken off the coast of New Zealand, the Snares Islands, and the Bounty Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 51 (p.131) 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
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