Species List for Family: Rissoellidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Euthyneura (Infraclass) > Acteonimorpha (Subterclass) > Rissoelloidea (Superfamily) > Rissoellidae (Family)
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- Rissoella cystophora (Finlay, 1924)
Height 1.1mm, Width 0.8mm
Marine, Endemic
East coast of North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, mostly on large brown algae
ACFME. - Rissoella elongatospira Ponder, 1966
Height 1.4mm, Width 0.8mm
Marine, Endemic, Common on low tidal seaweed
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
ACFMAnE.
- Rissoella flemingi Ponder, 1968
Height 1.7mm, Width 1.1mm
Marine, Endemic
Cook Strait south to Stewart Island, Chatham and Southern Islands
CFMAnE.
- Rissoella micra (Finlay, 1924)
Height 0.6mm, Width 0.7mm
Marine, Endemic
North and South Island. Fiordland, Stewart, Campbell and Chatham Islands
ACFMAnE.
- Rissoella rissoaformis (Powell, 1939)
Height 2.4mm, Width 1.4mm
Marine, Endemic
North and South Island east coast. Fiordland and Stewart Island
ACFAnE.
Key to 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
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