2002/01/01 by B. A. Marshall · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior #Marine Biology and Ecology Research #Mollusks and Parasites Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.1071/mr02008
openalex publication_date 2002/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
Taxonomic problems relating to interpretations of type species of Scissurella d'Orbigny, 1824, Schismope Jeffreys, 1856, Woodwardia Crosse & Fischer, 1861 and Sinezona Finlay, 1926 are discussed. Daizona Bandel, 1998 is interpreted as a synonym of Sinezona. Ariella campbelli Bandel, 1998 and Sinezona pacifica Bandel, 1998 are relegated to synonymy under Sinezona levigata (Iredale, 1908) and Sinezona pacifica (Oliver, 1915) respectively; Scissurella stellae Fleming, 1948 is synonymised with Scissurella prendrevillei Powell, 1933; and Scissurella prendrevillei, Scissurella fairchildi Powell, 1933, and Scissurella marshalli Bandel, 1998 are contrasted. A new species of Sinezona from north-eastern New Zealand is described and a neotype is designated for Sinezona pacifica (Oliver, 1915). Scissurella mantelli Woodward, 1859 is shown to have been consistently misidentified and the New Zealand species hitherto so identified is described as a new species of Thieleella Bandel, 1998. Three additional recent misidentifications of taxa from the New Zealand region are also indicated.