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Taxonomy
Family:
ANABATHRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anabathridae (Family)
> Pisinna (Genus)
> rufoapicata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Estea Iredale, 1915
=Estea (Microestea) Ponder, 1965
=Feldestea Iredale, 1955
=Hagenmulleria Bourguignat, 1881
=Microestea Ponder, 1965
=Nodulestea Iredale, 1955
=Pisanna Monterosato, 1878 (misspelling)
Synonymised Names:
=Estea rufoapicata Suter, 1908
=Estea rufoapicata latior Dell, 1956
=Rissoa rufoapicata Suter, 1908
Images: Pisinna rufoapicata (Suter, 1908)
Holotype of Estea rufoapicata latior Dell, 1956, collected 16 Aug 1955, Taiaroa Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ (M.009083). ~3.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected in 150-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 3.0mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
ANABATHRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anabathridae (Family)
> Pisinna (Genus)
> rufoapicata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Estea Iredale, 1915
=Estea (Microestea) Ponder, 1965
=Feldestea Iredale, 1955
=Hagenmulleria Bourguignat, 1881
=Microestea Ponder, 1965
=Nodulestea Iredale, 1955
=Pisanna Monterosato, 1878 (misspelling)
Synonymised Names:
=Estea rufoapicata Suter, 1908
=Estea rufoapicata latior Dell, 1956
=Rissoa rufoapicata Suter, 1908
Details: Pisinna rufoapicata (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.6mm, Width 1.6mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island, Snares Islands, Auckland Islands and Chatham Rise, from 60-549m
Type Data:
  • 550 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, off Taiaroa Head, NZ, (paralectotype, holotype of Estea rufoapicata latior Dell, 1956)
  • 91 metres, off Snares Islands, NZ, (paralectotype of Rissoa rufoapicata Suter, 1908)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.102)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.28) 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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