Fossarina rimata

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Fossarina rimata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
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]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 4 mm, its diameter is 5 mm.

Distribution

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]

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References

  1. 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
  2. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
  3. Hayward, Bruce W.; Morley, Margaret S. (2004). INTERTIDAL LIFE AROUND THE COAST OF THE WAITAKERE RANGES, AUCKLAND. Auckland Regional Council. p. 56.
  4. 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.