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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Powellisetia (Genus)
> lineata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Notosetia lineata E.C. Smith, 1962
Images: Powellisetia lineata (E.C. Smith, 1962)
Collected in shell sand, Horseshoe Bay, Stewart Island, NZ. 1.4mm
Holotype, of Notosetia lineata E.C. Smith, collected Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island, NZ (M.020253). ~1.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Powellisetia (Genus)
> lineata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Notosetia lineata E.C. Smith, 1962
Details: Powellisetia lineata (E.C. Smith, 1962)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.4mm, Width 0.96mm
Distribution:
Stewart Island
Geographical Range:
FE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic, Low tide in algae
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.99)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1965 A revision of the New Zealand recent species previously known as Notosetia Iredale, 1915 (Rissoidae, Gastropoda), Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(2) (p.107)
  • Smith, E.C. 1962 Studies in the Stewart Island Mollusca. No. 1, Records of the Dominion Museum, 4(6) (p.55) Original Description

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
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