Linemera

Linemera solitaria, copyright Te Papa Tongarewa.

Belongs within: Rissooidea.

Linemera is an Australasian genus of rissooid gastropods with a smooth protoconch, clathrate teleoconch, and continous, thin peristome with a subsutural sinus.

<==Linemera Finlay 1924 P61
    |--L. gradata (Hutton 1885) F27b (see below for synonymy)
    |--L. abrupta Dell 1956 P61
    |--L. bountyensis (Dell 1950) [=Haurakia bountyensis] P61
    |--L. exserta (Suter 1908) P61
    |--L. gallinacea Finlay 1930 P61
    |--L. gradatoides Finlay 1930 P61
    |--L. maclurgi Powell 1933 P61
    |--L. pingue (Webster 1906) P61
    |--L. pinguoides Powell 1940 P61
    |--L. pukeuriensis A27
    |--L. solitaria Dell 1956 P61
    `--L. venusta (Powell 1926) P61 [=Haurakia venusta F27a]

Linemera gradata (Hutton 1885) F27b [=Rissoa gradata non Cingula gradata (not preoc. if in dif. gen.) F27b, *L. interrupta Finlay 1924 P61, F27b]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A27] Allan, R. S. 1927. The geology and palaeontology of the Lower Waihao Basin, south Canterbury, New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 265–309.

[F27a] Finlay, H. J. 1927a. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320–485.

[F27b] Finlay, H. J. 1927b. New specific names for austral Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 488–533.

[P61] Powell, A. W. B. 1961. Shells of New Zealand: An illustrated handbook 4^th ed. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited: Christchurch.