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Taxonomy
Family:
ORBITESTELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Orbitestelloidea (Superfamily)
> Orbitestellidae (Family)
> Orbitestella (Genus)
> parva (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Omalogyra (Omalogyrina) Magne & Vergneau-Saubade, 1973
=Orbitestella (Omalogyrina) Magne & Vergneau-Saubade, 1973
Synonymised Names:
=Orbitestella vera Powell, 1940
=Zalipais parva Finlay, 1924
Images: Orbitestella parva (Finlay, 1924)
Collected 30 Sep 2007, Island Bay, Wellington, NZ (NMR 77752). 0.7mm. Natural History Museum Rotterdam (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Holotype of Orbitestela vera Powell, 1940, collected Tom Bowling Bay, Far North, NZ (MA70577). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
ORBITESTELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Orbitestelloidea (Superfamily)
> Orbitestellidae (Family)
> Orbitestella (Genus)
> parva (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Omalogyra (Omalogyrina) Magne & Vergneau-Saubade, 1973
=Orbitestella (Omalogyrina) Magne & Vergneau-Saubade, 1973
Synonymised Names:
=Orbitestella vera Powell, 1940
=Zalipais parva Finlay, 1924
Details: Orbitestella parva (Finlay, 1924)
Size/Grows to:
Width 0.8mm, Height 0.35mm
Distribution:
North-eastern and southern North Island, South Island and Chatham Islands, from 0-33m
Type Data:
  • Tom Bowling Bay, NZ, (holotype of Orbitestella vera Powell, 1940)
  • Taieri Beach, SW of Dunedin, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
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References and Publications
  • Ponder, W.F. 1990 The anatomy and relationships of the Orbitestellidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia), Journal of Molluscan Studies, 56 (p.531)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.118)
  • Finlay, H. 1924 Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 55 (p.518) 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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