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Taxonomy
Family:
ORBITESTELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Orbitestelloidea (Superfamily)
> Orbitestellidae (Family)
> Orbitestella (Genus)
> parva (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Omalogyra (Omalogyrina) Magne & Vergneau-Saubade, 1973
=Orbitestella (Omalogyrina) Magne & Vergneau-Saubade, 1973
Synonymised Names:
=Orbitestella vera Powell, 1940
=Zalipais parva Finlay, 1924
Images: Orbitestella parva (Finlay, 1924)
Collected 30 Sep 2007, Island Bay, Wellington, NZ (NMR 77752). 0.7mm. Natural History Museum Rotterdam (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Holotype of Orbitestela vera Powell, 1940, collected Tom Bowling Bay, Far North, NZ (MA70577). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
ORBITESTELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Orbitestelloidea (Superfamily)
> Orbitestellidae (Family)
> Orbitestella (Genus)
> parva (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Omalogyra (Omalogyrina) Magne & Vergneau-Saubade, 1973
=Orbitestella (Omalogyrina) Magne & Vergneau-Saubade, 1973
Synonymised Names:
=Orbitestella vera Powell, 1940
=Zalipais parva Finlay, 1924
Details: Orbitestella parva (Finlay, 1924)
Size/Grows to:
Width 0.8mm, Height 0.35mm
Distribution:
Throughout New Zealand and southern Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFMAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Ponder, W.F. 1990 The anatomy and relationships of the Orbitestellidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia), Journal of Molluscan Studies, 56 (p.531)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.118)
  • Finlay, H. 1924 Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 55 (p.518) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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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