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Species List for Genus: Merelina
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Rissooidea (Superfamily) > Lironobidae (Family) > Merelina (Genus)
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  • Genus: Merelina

  • Merelina cochleata Powell, 1937
    Height 1.6mm, Width 0.87mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank, Three Kings and W of Cape Reinga, from 102-805m
  • Merelina compacta Powell, 1927
    Height 1.35mm, Width 0.65mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 0-185m
  • Merelina coronata (Powell, 1926)
    Height 3.0mm, Width 1.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    King Bank, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as The Aldermen Islands, from 0-622m
  • Merelina crassissima Powell, 1937
    Height 1.5mm, Width 1.0mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands and W of Cape Reinga, from 102-550m
  • Merelina crispulata Powell, 1937
    Height 1.65mm, Width 0.9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern Norfolk Ridge, Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and W of Cape Reinga, from 91-805m
  • Merelina crosseaformis (Powell, 1926)
    Height 3.0mm, Width 1.25mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 0-91m
  • Merelina foliata (Suter, 1908)
    Height 2.0mm, Width 0.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern South Island as far north as Milford Sound, and Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-160m
  • Merelina harrisonae Powell, 1939
    Height 3.4mm, Width 1.55mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Living intertidally
    Stewart Island, from 0m
  • Merelina lacunosa (Powell, 1940)
    Height 2.2mm, Width 1.0mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Rangaunu Bay, from 0-622m
  • Merelina lyalliana (Suter, 1898)
    Height 2.9mm, Width 1.1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, North Island, and South Island as far south as Christchurch, from 0-252m
  • Merelina manawatawhia Powell, 1937
    Height 1.75mm, Width 0.98mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands and off North Cape, from 137-710m
  • Merelina maoriana Powell, 1939
    Height 3.0mm, Width 1.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Chatham Islands , from 5m
  • Merelina paupereques Powell, 1937
    Height 2.1mm, Width 1.4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, W of Cape Reinga, and off Poor Knights Islands, from 92-805m
  • Merelina plaga Finlay, 1926
    Height 3.0mm, Width 1.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern South Island as far north as Haast, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 0-549m
  • Merelina rubiginosa Ponder, 1967
    Height 2.16mm, Width 1.0mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-eastern North Island as far south as Whakatane, from 0-121m
  • Merelina superba Powell, 1927
    Height 3.6mm, Width 1.4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as White Island, from 0-622m
  • Merelina taupoensis Powell, 1939
    Height 2.8mm, Width 1.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-eastern North Island as far south as Mahia Peninsula, from 0-59m
  • Merelina tricarinata (Powell, 1937)
    Height 1.4mm, Width 0.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and off White Island (subfossil), from 37-805m
  • Merelina waitangiensis Powell, 1933
    Height 4.4mm, Width 1.7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Chatham Islands
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