Rissopsetia gracilis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Rissopsetia |
| Species: | R. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Rissopsetia gracilis (W. R. B. Oliver, 1915)
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Rissopsetia gracilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Tentatively assigned to Rissopsetia by Ponder (1974); does not belong to Epigrus (Rissooidea).[1]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Rosenberg, G. (2012). Pyramidellidae incertae sedis gracilis Oliver, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599067 on 2012-08-26
- Oliver, W. R. B. "The mollusca of the Kermadec Islands." Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. Vol. 47. 1915.
- Ponder W. 1974. A review of the Australian species assigned to Rissopsis Garrett with a description of a new species of Rissopsetia (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 3: 25-35
External links
[edit]- World Register of Marine Species
- Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone