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

  • Rissoina achatina Odhner, 1924
    Height 6.2mm, Width 2.2mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Northland to Bay of Plenty and off East Cape
    AE.
  • Rissoina achatinoides Powell, 1937
    Height 4.8mm, Width 1.8mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off North Cape
    AE.
  • Rissoina anguina Finlay, 1926
    Height 5.5mm, Width 2.5mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Northland to Mahia Peninsula
    ACE.
  • Rissoina aupouria Powell, 1937
    Height 8.5mm, Width 3.5mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands
    AE.
  • Rissoina chathamensis (Hutton, 1873)
    Height 7.5mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Throughout NZ, Stewart and Chatham Islands
    ACFME.
  • Rissoina costata A. Adams, 1853
    Marine
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Rissoina fictor Finlay, 1930
    Height 5.6mm, Width 1.9mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Northland to Bay of Plenty
    AE.
  • Rissoina fucosa Finlay, 1930
    Height 4.8mm, Width 2.0mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Northland to East Cape
    AE.
  • Rissoina larochei Finlay, 1930
    Height 2.9mm, Width 1.3mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Northland
    AE.
  • Rissoina manawatawhia Powell, 1937
    Height 3.7mm, Width 1.4mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands
    AE.
  • Rissoina powelli Finlay, 1930
    Height 7.9mm, Width 3.0mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Poor Knights Islands
    AE.
  • Rissoina zonata Suter, 1909
    Height 11.8mm, Width 4.6mm
    Marine, Endemic, Usually white, but occasionally with a broad basal brown zone
    Northland to Cape Runaway
    AE.
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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil