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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LITTORINIDAE: LAEVILITORININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Littorinoidea (Superfamily)
> Littorinidae (Family)
> Laevilitorininae (Subfamily)
> Laevilitorina (Genus)
> alta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laevilitorina (Macquariella) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Laevilitorina (Rissolittorina) Ponder, 1966 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Laevilitorina (Rissolittorina) alta (Powell, 1940)
=Rissolittorina alta (Powell, 1940)
=Zelaxitas alta Powell, 1940
Images: Laevilitorina alta (Powell, 1940)
Holotype of Zelaxitas alta Powell, collected 1932, Tom Bowling Bay, Far North, NZ (MA70874). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LITTORINIDAE: LAEVILITORININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Littorinoidea (Superfamily)
> Littorinidae (Family)
> Laevilitorininae (Subfamily)
> Laevilitorina (Genus)
> alta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laevilitorina (Macquariella) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Laevilitorina (Rissolittorina) Ponder, 1966 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Laevilitorina (Rissolittorina) alta (Powell, 1940)
=Rissolittorina alta (Powell, 1940)
=Zelaxitas alta Powell, 1940
Details: Laevilitorina alta (Powell, 1940)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.0mm, Width 1.2mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island as far south north-east as Cape Runaway, from 0m
Type Data:
  • Tom Bowling Bay, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Living intertidally
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.88)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1940 The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 (p.224) Original Description

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
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