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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Rissoidae 

Merelina wanawana Kay, 1979

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Merelina wanawana Kay, 1979

Types

Primary Type: holotype Secondary Type: paratype [Fig 28 A, B] Kay, E.A. 1979. p.82
Bernice P. Bishop Museum 9760 holotype Barbers Point, Oahu, from sediments from a depth of 8 m (Oct 1970)
Australian Museum paratype
BMNH paratype
USNM paratype

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to depths of about 33 m (Kay 1979) ]
habitat: coral reef [ (Kay 1979) ]

References

  . p.82 [ Fig 28 A, B ]  Type SpecAv
  . p.82 Type locality

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Rissooidea
                        Rissoidae
                          Rissoinae
                            Merelina Iredale, 1915
                              Merelina wanawana Kay, 1979
                                Merelina wanawana Kay, 1979

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=34046) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.