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Taxonomy
Family:
RINGICULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Ringiculimorpha (Superorder)
> Ringiculoidea (Superfamily)
> Ringiculidae (Family)
> Ringicula (Genus)
> delecta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Plicatra F. Nordsieck, 1972
=Ringactaeon F. Nordsieck, 1972
=Ringicula (Ringicula) Deshayes, 1838 accepted, alternate representation
=Ringicula (Ringiculina) Monterosato, 1884 accepted, alternate representation
=Ringiculadda Iredale, 1936
=Ringiculina Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Ringicula (Ringiculina) delecta Murdoch & Suter, 1906 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Ringicula delecta Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Holotype, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.001735). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
RINGICULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Ringiculimorpha (Superorder)
> Ringiculoidea (Superfamily)
> Ringiculidae (Family)
> Ringicula (Genus)
> delecta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Plicatra F. Nordsieck, 1972
=Ringactaeon F. Nordsieck, 1972
=Ringicula (Ringicula) Deshayes, 1838 accepted, alternate representation
=Ringicula (Ringiculina) Monterosato, 1884 accepted, alternate representation
=Ringiculadda Iredale, 1936
=Ringiculina Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Ringicula (Ringiculina) delecta Murdoch & Suter, 1906 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Ringicula delecta Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.5mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
North, South, Chatham Islands and Chatham Rise. Trawled around 180-650 metres
Type Data:
  • 200 metres, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, 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.270)
  • Murdoch, R., Suter, H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.280) 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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