''Attenuata'' is a
genus
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of minute
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the
family
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Lironobidae
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.
Species
There are 21 species within the genus ''Attenuata'', including:
* † ''
Attenuata admiranda''
Richardson, 1997
* ''
Attenuata affinis''
(Powell, 1940)
* ''
Attenuata archensis''
(May, 1913)
* ''
Attenuata bollonsi
''Attenuata'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Lironobidae.
Species
There are 21 species within the genus ''Attenuata'', including:
* † '' Attenuata admiranda'' Richardson, 1997
* '' A ...
''
(Powell, 1930)
* † ''
Attenuata charassa''
(Finlay, 1924)
* ''
Attenuata cochlearella''
(Powell, 1937)
* ''
Attenuata contigua''
(Powell, 1940)
* † ''
Attenuata eocenica''
Maxwell, 1992
* ''
Attenuata finlayi''
(Powell, 1930)
* ''
Attenuata hinemoa''
(C. A. Fleming, 1948)
* † ''
Attenuata inflata''
(Laws, 1939)
* ''
Attenuata integella''
(Hedley, 1904)
* ''
Attenuata lockyeri''
(Hedley, 1911)
* ''
Attenuata manawatawhia''
(Powell, 1937)
* ''
Attenuata merelina''
(Dell, 1956)
* ''
Attenuata orientalis''
(Dell, 1956)
* † ''
Attenuata polyvincta
''Attenuata'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Lironobidae.
Species
There are 21 species within the genus ''Attenuata'', including:
* † '' Attenuata admiranda'' Richardson, 1997
* '' A ...
''
(Finlay, 1924)
* ''
Attenuata praetornatilis''
(Hedley, 1912)
* ''
Attenuata regis''
(Powell, 1940)
* ''
Attenuata schoutanica''
(May, 1913)
* ''
Attenuata wilsonensis''
(Gatliff & Gabriel, 1913)
Distribution
This marine genus is endemic to Australia and is found off
New South Wales
)
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, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
,
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
,
South Australia
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,
Tasmania
)
, nickname =
, image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg
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, subdivision_type = Country
, subdi ...
and
Victoria.
References
* Powell A.W.B. (1930) New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water dredgings. Part 1. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 60: 532-543.
* Finlay, H.J. 1926. New Shells from New Zealand Tertiary Beds: Part 2. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 56: 227–258
External links
Hedley C. (1918). A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 51: M1-M120
External links
*
Ponder W. F. (1985) A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
Lironobidae
Gastropod genera
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