Fossarina rimata
| Fossarina rimata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Fossarina |
| Species: | F. rimata |
| Binomial name | |
| Fossarina rimata (Hutton, 1884) | |
Fossarina rimata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell grows to a length of 4 mm, its diameter is 5 mm and is auriform. It has a short spire and rounded lips.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in New Zealand.[2]
Only dead wash-up shells of the sea snail were recorded at Paratutae Island, Whatipu and at Puponga Point.[3] Living samples of the species were reported at Echinoderm Reef and Mathesons Bay.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fossarina rimata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598231 on 2012-11-29
- ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ↑ Hayward, Bruce W.; Morley, Margaret S. (2004). INTERTIDAL LIFE AROUND THE COAST OF THE WAITAKERE RANGES, AUCKLAND. Auckland Regional Council. p. 56.
- ↑ Williamson, Jane E.; Creese, Robert G. "Small invertebrates inhabiting the crustose alga Pseudolithoderma sp. (Ralfsiaceae) in northern New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 30 (2): 221–232. doi:10.1080/00288330.1996.9516710.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Collins, Auckland 500p
- Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254
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