History of changes

General References

Caballer, M., Ortea, J. & Narciso, S. 2011. Description of two new species of Rissoella Gray, 1847 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from Venezuela, with a key to the Caribbean species known for the genus. ZooKeys 115(1-18)

Fretter, V. 1948. The structure and life history of some minute prosobranchs of rock pools: Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius), Omalogyra atomus (Philippi), Rissoella diaphana (Alder), and Rissoella opalina (Jeffreys). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 27: 597-632, pl. 4

Ponder, W.F. 1966. The New Zealand species previously known as Zelaxitas Finlay, 1927 (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Records of the Dominion Museum 5(17): 163-176

Ponder, W.F. & de Keyzer, R.G. 1998. Superfamily Rissoelloidea. pp. 862-864 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234.

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185

Robertson, R. 1961. A second Western Atlantic Rissoella and a list of the species in the Rissoellidae. Nautilus 75: 21-26

Wise, J.B. 1998. Morphology and systematic position of Rissoella caribaea Rehder, 1943 (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Rissoellidae). Nautilus 111: 13-21

History of changes

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Ponder, W.F. 1966. The New Zealand species previously known as Zelaxitas Finlay, 1927 (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Records of the Dominion Museum 5(17): 163-176

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Subantarctic islands, southwest and northwest Pacific

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), 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)

History of changes

• Jeffreysiella Thiele, 1912 [Deutsche Südpolar Expedition 1901-1903, Zoologie, 5(2): 239].

  Type species:

   Jeffreysiella notabilis Thiele, 1912 by monotypy.
• Heterorissoa Iredale, T. 1912. New generic names and new species of marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 10: 217-228, pl. 9, 3 text figs [221].

  Type species:

   Heterorissoa secunda Iredale, 1912 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand, Kermadec Islands, New Caledonia, Kerguelen Island

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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)

History of changes

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [154]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine, on algae.

General References

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [154]

History of changes

• Rissoella (Jeffreysiella) colleenae colleenae Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [154, figs 2a, 9a-c].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.100000 dry, algae on exposed rocky shore, low tide, Great Australian Bight, west head of Twilight Cove, 6 km west of Esperance, Western Australia, Australia [32°16'1.2'S, 126°1'58.8'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine, on algae.

General References

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [155]

History of changes

• Rissoella (Jeffreysiella) colleenae pacifica Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [155, figs 2b, 3h, 9d-f].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.101461 dry, short red algae, low tide, Stradbroke Island, northwest side of Point Lookout, Queensland, Australia [27°25'58.8'S, 153°31'58.8'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine, on algae.

General References

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [156]

History of changes

• Rissoella (Jeffreysiella) fretterae Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [156, figs 2c, 9g-i].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.101464 dry, on algae on sponge bed, southeast end of Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia [37°34'1.2'S, 149°55'1.2'E].

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine, on algae.

General References

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [157]

History of changes

• Heterorissoa secunda Iredale, T. 1912. New generic names and new species of marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 10: 217-228, pl. 9, 3 text figs [221, text-fig.].

  Type data:

   Holotype Raoul (Sunday) Island, Kermadec Islands.
• Notosetia pellucida Laseron, C.F. 1950. Review of the Rissoidae of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 22: 257-287, figs 1-94 [280, fig. 72].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C.101465 dry, weed, Sydney, Port Jackson, North Harbour, New South Wales, Australia [33°48'28.8'S, 151°16'30'E].
• Rissopsis puniceus Laseron, C.F. 1950. Review of the Rissoidae of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 22: 257-287, figs 1-94 [283, fig. 82].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C.101467 dry, Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia [32°42'0'S, 152°4'58.8'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [157]

Generic Combinations

• Rissoella (Jeffreysiella) secunda (Iredale, 1912). —
  Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [157]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Heterorissoa wilfredi [misidentification]. —
  Laseron, C.F. 1950. Review of the Rissoidae of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 22: 257-287, figs 1-94 [286]
• Heterorissoa wilfridi sic. [misspelling and misidentification]. —
  Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [245]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand, New Caledonia.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine, on algae, shallow subtidal.

General References

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [157, figs 2e-g, 10a-h]

History of changes

• Jeffreysia wilfredi Gatliff, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1911. On some new species of Victorian Marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 24(1): 187-192, pls 46-47 [188, pl. 46, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype F.715, ocean beach, near Port Nepean (Victoria, Australia).

Generic Combinations

• Rissoella (Jeffreysiella) wilfredi (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1911). —
  Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [159]
• Jeffreysiella wilfredi (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1911). —
  Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [95] (New combination)

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Heterorissoa wilfridi sic. [misspelling and misidentification]. —
  Iredale, T. 1912. New generic names and new species of marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 10: 217-228, pl. 9, 3 text figs [222]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine, on algae, subtidal.

General References

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [159, figs 2h-j, 3i, 10i-m]

History of changes

• Jeffreysilla Thiele, J. 1925. Gastropoda der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 17(2): 1-348, pls 1-34 [92].

  Type species:

   Rissoella zebra Thiele, 1925 by monotypy.
• Phycodrosus Rehder, H.A. 1943. New marine molluscs from the Antillean Region. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 93(3161): 187-203 [194].

  Type species:

   Rissoella caribaea Rehder, 1943 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [147]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [147]

History of changes

• Rissoella (Jeffreysilla) confusa confusa Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [147, figs 1g, 3e, 7a-e].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.101430 dry, coralline algae on sandy bottom with isolated coral outcrops on lagoonal reef flats, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, between Lizard and Palfrey Island, Queensland, Australia [14°40'58.8'S, 145°26'60'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Solomon Islands, vanuatu, New caledonia

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine, on algae, planktonic, shallow subtidal, tide pools.

General References

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [93] (as Rissoella sp. cf confusa confusa)

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185

History of changes

• Rissoella (Jeffreysilla) confusa robertsoni Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [148, fig. 1h].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.355029 dry, on small brown algae, on sheltered reef, Ulladulla, inside breakwater, south side, New South Wales, Australia [35°21'28.8'S, 150°28'40.8'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine, on algae, shallow subtidal.

General References

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [149]

History of changes

• Rissoella (Jeffreysilla) confusa umbilicata Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [149, figs 1i-j, 7f-k].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.101454 dry, on mixed algae, sheltered side, Great Australian Bight, Mississippi Bay, west head, Western Australia, Australia [33°58'58.8'S, 122°16'30'E].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine, on algae, shallow subtidal.

General References

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [150]

History of changes

• Rissoella Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the Genera of Recent Mollusca, their Synonyms and Types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-242 [159].

  Type species:

   Rissoa glaber Alder [in Forbes & Hanley], 1849 by monotypy.
• Jeffreysia Alder, J. 1850. Jeffreysia Alder. pp. 151 in Forbes, E. & Hanley, S. A history of British Mollusca, and their shells. London : John van Voorst Vol.3.

  Type species:

   Rissoa diaphana Alder by original designation.
• Jeffreysiopsis Thiele, 1912 [Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903, Zoologie, 5(2): 276].

  Type species:

   Paludestrina duperrei Vélain by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), 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)

History of changes

• Rissoella (Rissoella) atrimacula Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [140, figs 1a, 3a, 4a-e].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.99655 dry, algae on limestone platform, Yallingup, Western Australia, Australia [33°38'60'S, 115°1'1.2'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine, mid intertidal, on algae, shallow subtidal.

General References

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [142]

History of changes

• Rissoella (Rissoella) fallax Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [142, figs 1b, 3b, 4f-h].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.101418 dry, algae, low tide, Sydney, North Harbour, Fairlight, New South Wales, Australia [33°48'10.8'S, 151°16'22.8'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine, on algae, subtidal.

General References

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [143]

History of changes

• Rissoella (Rissoella) globosa Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [143, figs 1c, 3c, 5a-h].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.101424 dry, red algae from outer reef crest, Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, Heron Island, opposite laboratory, Queensland, Australia [23°25'58.8'S, 151°56'60'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

New Caledonia.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine, on algae, shallow subtidal.

General References

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [144]

History of changes

• Rissoella (Rissoella) vitrea Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [145, figs 1d-f, 3d, 6a-f].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.101428 dry, short algae on flats, just below low tide, Shark Bay, Denham, 0.25-0.5 ml in front of town, Western Australia, Australia [25°55'58.8'S, 113°31'1.2'E].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal.

General References

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [146]

History of changes

• Zelaxitas Finlay, H.J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320-485 pls 18-23 [Issued separately 23 Dec 1926; but Vol. 57 issued 10 March, 1927] [375, 476].

  Type species:

   Laevilittorina cystophora Finlay, 1924 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

History of changes

• Rissoella (Zelaxitas) imperforata Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [151, figs 1k, 3f, 8a-b].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.101457 dry, brown algae on intertidal rocks, Pirates Bay, Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, Australia [43°1'1.2'S, 147°55'58.8'E].

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine, on algae.

General References

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [152]

History of changes

• Laevilitorina micra Finlay, H.J. 1924. Additions to the Recent Molluscan fauna of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 55: 517-526 [522, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype Taieri Beach, Otago, New Zealand.
• Notosetia fulva Laseron, C.F. 1950. Review of the Rissoidae of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 22: 257-287, figs 1-94 [279, fig. 69].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C.101459 dry, under stones, Sydney north, Collaroy, Long Reef, New South Wales, Australia [33°44'34.8'S, 151°18'36'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [152]

Generic Combinations

• Rissoella (Zelaxitas) micra (Finlay, 1924). —
  Ponder, W.F. 1966. The New Zealand species previously known as Zelaxitas Finlay, 1927 (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Records of the Dominion Museum 5(17): 163-176
• Zelaxitas micra (Finlay, 1924). —
  Finlay, H.J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320-485 pls 18-23 [Issued separately 23 Dec 1926; but Vol. 57 issued 10 March, 1927] [375] (new combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Algal substrate, intertidal, low intertidal, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal.

General References

Ponder, W.F. 1966. The New Zealand species previously known as Zelaxitas Finlay, 1927 (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Records of the Dominion Museum 5(17): 163-176 [170, pl. 2, figs 1-5]

Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. A revision of the Australian species of the Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum 31(4): 133-185 [152, figs 1l-n, 3g, 8c-i]

History of changes