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Taxonomy
Family:
ASSIMINEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Assimineidae (Family)
> Assiminea (Genus)
> vulgaris (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rissoia vulgaris Webster, 1905
=Tatea hedleyi Brookes, 1924
Images: Assiminea vulgaris (Webster, 1905)
Under stones in splash zone, Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. 2-3mm
Taxonomy
Family:
ASSIMINEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Assimineidae (Family)
> Assiminea (Genus)
> vulgaris (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rissoia vulgaris Webster, 1905
=Tatea hedleyi Brookes, 1924
Details: Assiminea vulgaris (Webster, 1905)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.5mm, Width 2.0mm
Distribution:
Northland to Auckland. Splash zone and high tide
Geographical Range:
KAE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.217)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.125)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1934 The High-Tidal Mollusca of Rangitoto Island, Auckland; with descriptions of a new Genus and two new Species, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 63 (p.146)
  • Webster, W.H. 1905 Some new species of New Zealand marine shells, together with remarks on some non-marine species, and some addition to the "Index Fauna", Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 37 (p.277) 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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