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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoinidae (Family)
> Rissoina (Genus)
> costata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rissoina turricula Pease, 1861
Images: Rissoina costata A. Adams, 1853
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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoinidae (Family)
> Rissoina (Genus)
> costata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rissoina turricula Pease, 1861
Details: Rissoina costata A. Adams, 1853
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, from 0-146m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.216)
  • Adams, A. 1853 Descriptions of sixteen new species of Rissoina, a genus of marine gasteropodous mollusks, from the Cumingian collection, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 19 (p.266) 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