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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Awanuia (Genus)
> dilatata (Species)
Images: Awanuia dilatata Powell, 1927
Holotype, collected 11-18 metres, off Mangonui Head, Northland, NZ (MA72014). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected in shell sand, 50 feet, South Harbour, Poor Knights Islands, Northland, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Awanuia (Genus)
> dilatata (Species)
Details: Awanuia dilatata Powell, 1927
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.5mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island as far south as Mahia Peninsula, from 0-89m
Type Data:
  • 11-18 metres, off Mangonui Head, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Ponder, W.F. 1985 A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea), Records of the Australian Museum (p.105)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.97)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1927 The genetic relationships of Australasian rissoids. Part 1. Descriptions of new recent genera and species from New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 57 (p.539) 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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