Thoristella
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Thoristella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails or top shells.
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[edit] Distribution
This genus is endemic to New Zealand.
[edit] Description
These are small solidly-built, low-spired trochids, with a simple aperture.
[edit] Species within the genus Thoristella
- Thoristella carinata Marshall, 1998
- Thoristella carmesina (Webster,1908)
- Thoristella chathamensis aucklandica (E.A.Smith,1902)
- Thoristella chathamensis chathamensis (Hutton,1873)
- Thoristella chathamensis cookiana Powell,1934
- Thoristella chathamensis dunedinensis (Suter,1897)
- Thoristella chathamensis profunda Dell,1956
- Thoristella crassicosta Powell,1937
- Thoristella oppressa (Hutton,1878)
- Thoristella rex Marshall, 1998
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[edit] References
- NZ Mollusca
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
