Biology:Onoba elegans
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Onoba elegans | |
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| Holotype of Onoba elegans from Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Onoba |
| Species: | O. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Onoba elegans (Ponder, 1965)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Onoba elegans is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Rissoidae.[1] First described by Winston Ponder in 1965, it is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
Description
Onoba elegans has an ovate shell, with a tall spire and five whorls.[2] The species measures 3.1mm by 2.15mm.[3] The animal is yellowish-white in colour, with short cephalic tentacles.[2]
Distribution
The species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] The holotype was collected by K. Hipkins on 29 December 1953, from a depth of 40 metres, 0.8 km west of Stephenson Island in the Whangaroa Harbour, Northland Region.[4] Specimens have been found on the east coast of the Northland Region, and the north-west and north of the Aupouri Peninsula.[5][6][7][8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Onoba elegans Ponder, 1965". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2022. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597924.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 , Wikidata Q58676804
- ↑ "Onoba elegans". http://www.mollusca.co.nz/speciesdetail.php?taxa=2956.
- ↑ Blom, Wilma (2022). "Fossil and Recent molluscan types in the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Part 4: Gastropoda (Caenogastropoda – Neocyclotidae to Epitoniidae). [Cyclophoroidea, Cerithioidea, Littorinimorpha"]. Records of the Auckland Museum 56 (55): 39–62. doi:10.32912/ram.2020.55.7. ISSN 2422-8567. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/getmedia/3c274c3f-ff0c-4aa3-8467-bb5ae02261d6/ram_2020_blom. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ↑ "Onoba (Ovirissoa) elegans". Auckland War Memorial Museum. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-653950.
- ↑ "Onoba (Ovirissoa) elegans". Auckland War Memorial Museum. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-916955.
- ↑ "Onoba (Ovirissoa) elegans". Auckland War Memorial Museum. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-237233.
- ↑ "Onoba (Ovirissoa) elegans". Auckland War Memorial Museum. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-916983.
Wikidata ☰ Q13923362 entry
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