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Fossarina rimata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Fossarina
Species:	F. rimata
Binomial name
	Fossarina rimata; (Hutton, 1884)

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Fossarina rimata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 4 mm, its diameter is 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in New Zealand.^[2]

References

^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fossarina rimata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598231 on 2012-11-29
^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Collins, Auckland 500p
Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254

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[WoRMS-1] Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fossarina rimata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598231 on 2012-11-29

[2] Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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+{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
-{{orphan|date=March 2008}}
+{{Speciesbox
-{{Refimprove|date=November 2007}}
+| taxon = Fossarina rimata
-{{Taxobox
+| image =
-| name = ''Fossarina rimata''
-| status =
+| image_caption =
+| authority = ([[Frederick Hutton (scientist)|Hutton]], 1884)
-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| synonyms_ref =
-| phylum = [[Mollusc]]a
+| synonyms =
-| classis = [[Gastropoda]]
-| subclassis = [[Prosobranchia]]
-| ordo = [[Archaeogastropoda]]
-| superfamilia = [[Trochacea]]
-| familia = [[Trochidae]]
-| genus = [[Fossarina]]
-| species = '''''F. purpureus'''''
-| binomial = ''Fossarina rimata''
-| binomial_authority = (Hutton, 1884)
 }}
-'''''Fossarina rimata''''' is a [[species]] of small sea [[snail]], a [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Trochidae]], the top snails.
+'''''Fossarina rimata''''' is a [[species]] of small [[sea snail]], a [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Trochidae]], the top snails.<ref name="WoRMS">Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fossarina rimata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598231 on 2012-11-29</ref>
-==Distribution==
+==Description==
+The shell grows to a length of 4&nbsp;mm, its diameter is 5&nbsp;mm.
-This species is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to the north east coast of the [[North Island]] of [[New Zealand]], north of [[Auckland]].
+{{Expand section|date=November 2012}}
-==Habitat==
+== Distribution ==
+This species occurs in [[List of marine molluscs of New Zealand|New Zealand]].<ref>[[Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A. W. B.]], ''New Zealand Mollusca'', [[HarperCollins|William Collins Publishers Ltd]], Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}</ref>
-This top snail lives in rock crevices, including spaces between rock [[oyster]]s.
+==References==
-==Shell description==
+{{Reflist}}
-The shell is small, thin, [[wiktionary:auriform|auriform]], with a very large oval [[aperture (mollusc)|aperture]].  The outer lip is thin, and the inner lip almost covers the narrow crescentic [[umbilicus (mollusc)|umbilicus]].
+* Powell, A.W.B. 1979: ''New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells''. Collins, Auckland 500p
+* Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). ''Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin'', in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp.&nbsp;161–254
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q3140892}}
-Coloration is pale yellowish to white, with distant dark brown spiral stripes, joined on the upper part of the [[whorl (mollusc)|whorl]]s by diagonal streaks, to form a netted pattern.
+[[Category:Fossarina|rimata]]
-The shell height is up to 4 [[millimetre|mm]], and the width is up to 5 mm.
+[[Category:Gastropods described in 1884]]
-==References==
-* [[Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A W B]], ''New Zealand Mollusca'', [[HarperCollins|William Collins Publishers Ltd]], Auckland, New Zealand [[1979]] ISBN 0-00-216906-1
-[[Category:Trochidae]]
+{{Trochidae-stub}}
-[[Category:Molluscs of New Zealand]]