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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Acteonimorpha (Subterclass)
> Rissoelloidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoellidae (Family)
> Rissoella (Genus)
> micra (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Heterorissoa Iredale, 1912
=Jeffreysia Alder, 1850
=Jeffreysiella Thiele, 1912
=Jeffreysina Thiele, 1925
=Jeffreysiopsis Thiele, 1912
=Rissoella (Jeffreysiella) Thiele, 1912
=Rissoella (Phycodrosus) Rehder, 1943
=Rissoella (Rissoella) Gray, 1847
=Rissoella (Zelaxitas) Finlay, 1926
=Zelaxitas Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Laevilitorina micra Finlay, 1924
=Notosetia fulva Laseron, 1950
=Rissoella (Zelaxitas) micra (Finlay, 1924) accepted, alternate representation
Images: Rissoella micra (Finlay, 1924)
Holotype, collected pre 1924, Taieri Beach, Otago, NZ (MA70383). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Acteonimorpha (Subterclass)
> Rissoelloidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoellidae (Family)
> Rissoella (Genus)
> micra (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Heterorissoa Iredale, 1912
=Jeffreysia Alder, 1850
=Jeffreysiella Thiele, 1912
=Jeffreysina Thiele, 1925
=Jeffreysiopsis Thiele, 1912
=Rissoella (Jeffreysiella) Thiele, 1912
=Rissoella (Phycodrosus) Rehder, 1943
=Rissoella (Rissoella) Gray, 1847
=Rissoella (Zelaxitas) Finlay, 1926
=Zelaxitas Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Laevilitorina micra Finlay, 1924
=Notosetia fulva Laseron, 1950
=Rissoella (Zelaxitas) micra (Finlay, 1924) accepted, alternate representation
Details: Rissoella micra (Finlay, 1924)
Size/Grows to:
Height 0.6mm, Width 0.7mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-310m
Type Data:
  • Taieri Beach, SW of Dunedin, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.120)
  • Ponder, W.F., Yoo, E.K. 1977 A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Records of the Australian Museum, 31 (p.152)
  • Finlay, H. 1924 Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 55 (p.522) 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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