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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Fossarina rimata''
| taxon = Fossarina rimata
| status =
| image =
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| authority = ([[Frederick Hutton (scientist)|Hutton]], 1884)
| phylum = [[Mollusc]]a
| synonyms_ref =
| classis = [[Gastropoda]]
| synonyms =
| subclassis = [[Prosobranchia]]
| ordo = [[Archaeogastropoda]]
| superfamilia = [[Trochacea]]
| familia = [[Trochidae]]
| genus = [[Fossarina]]
| species = '''''F. rimata'''''
| 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]].
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==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


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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]]
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[[Category:Molluscs of New Zealand]]

Latest revision as of 17:04, 3 March 2021

Fossarina rimata
Scientific classification Edit this 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)

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

Description

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

Distribution

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This species occurs in New Zealand.[2]

References

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  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
  • 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