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.
| 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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Description
editOnoba 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
editThe 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
edit- ^ a b c Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Onoba elegans Ponder, 1965". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ a b Ponder, W. F. (1965). "A Revision of the New Zealand Recent Species Previously Known as Notosetia Iredale, 1915 (Rissoidae, Gastropoda)". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 6: 101–130. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906116. Wikidata Q58676804.
- ^ "Onoba elegans". New Zealand Mollusca. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Blom, Wilma M. (2020). "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. 55: 101–150. doi:10.32912/RAM.2020.55.7. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 27008995. S2CID 229670783. Wikidata Q106828489.
- ^ "Onoba (Ovirissoa) elegans". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "Onoba (Ovirissoa) elegans". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "Onoba (Ovirissoa) elegans". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "Onoba (Ovirissoa) elegans". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2022.