Onoba elegans

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
Holotype of Onoba elegans from Auckland War Memorial Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Onoba
Species:
O. elegans
Binomial name
Onoba elegans
(Ponder, 1965)
Synonyms[1]
  • Onoba (Ovirissoa) elegans Ponder, 1965
  • Rissopsis (Peringiella) elegans Ponder, 1965

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. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Onoba elegans". New Zealand Mollusca. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. 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. S2CID 229670783. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. "Onoba (Ovirissoa) elegans". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  6. "Onoba (Ovirissoa) elegans". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  7. "Onoba (Ovirissoa) elegans". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  8. "Onoba (Ovirissoa) elegans". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
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