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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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  • Family: Rissoellidae

  • Rissoella cystophora (Finlay, 1924)
    Height 1.1mm, Width 0.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    East coast of North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, mostly on large brown algae
  • Rissoella elongatospira Ponder, 1966
    Height 1.4mm, Width 0.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Common on low tidal seaweed
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
  • Rissoella flemingi Ponder, 1968
    Height 1.7mm, Width 1.1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Cook Strait south to Stewart Island, Chatham and Southern Islands
  • Rissoella micra (Finlay, 1924)
    Height 0.6mm, Width 0.7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North and South Island. Fiordland, Stewart, Campbell and Chatham Islands
  • Rissoella rissoaformis (Powell, 1939)
    Height 2.4mm, Width 1.4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North and South Island east coast. Fiordland and Stewart Island
  • Rissoella secunda (Iredale, 1912)
    Marine
    Kermadec 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