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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Euthyneura (Infraclass) > Acteonimorpha (Subterclass) > Rissoelloidea (Superfamily) > Rissoellidae (Family) > Rissoella (Genus)
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  • Genus: Rissoella

  • Rissoella cystophora (Finlay, 1924)
    Height 1.1mm, Width 0.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal, mostly on large brown algae
    Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-42m
  • Rissoella elongatospira Ponder, 1966
    Height 1.4mm, Width 0.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Common on low tidal seaweed
    Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands, from 0-37m
  • Rissoella flemingi Ponder, 1968
    Height 1.7mm, Width 1.1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Campbell and Chatham Islands, from 0-71m
  • Rissoella micra (Finlay, 1924)
    Height 0.6mm, Width 0.7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-310m
  • Rissoella rissoaformis (Powell, 1939)
    Height 2.4mm, Width 1.4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-121m
  • Rissoella secunda (Iredale, 1912)
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    New Caledonia, eastern Australia, Lord Howe Island and Kermadec Islands (Raoul), from 0-135m
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