Genus Merelina Iredale, 1915
- Merelina Iredale, T. 1915. A commentary on Suter's "Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 47: 417-497 [Date published 12 July 1915].
Type species:
Rissoa cheilostoma Tenison-Woods, 1877 by original designation. - Promerelina Powell, A.W.B. 1926. Descriptions of six new species and a new genus of gasteropod Mollusca from northern New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56: 591-596 [593] [Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 56: 593].
Type species:
Promerelina crosseaformis Powell, 1926 by original designation. - Mereliniopsis Ponder, W.F. 1967. The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology 9(17): 193-224, pls 1-13 [214].
Type species:
Merelina queenslandica Laseron, 1956 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Indo Pacific
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
General References
Criscione, F. & Ponder, W.F. 2011. A review of the Recent Australian species of Merelina Iredale, 1915 (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae). Molluscan Research 31(2): 65-84 [66-67]
Ponder, W.F. 1985. A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 4: 1-221 [72-75]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | RISSOOIDEA | 03-Dec-2015 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 17-Jan-2012 | MODIFIED |