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Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOCOCCULINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudococculinidae (Family)
> Caymanabyssia (Genus)
> rhina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Caymanabyssia (Caymanabyssia) Moskalev, 1976
=Caymanabyssia (Dictyabyssia) McLean, 1991
Images: Caymanabyssia rhina B.A. Marshall, 1985
Holotype, collected 23 Nov 1981, NW of Orete Point, NZ (M.075104). 3.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOCOCCULINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudococculinidae (Family)
> Caymanabyssia (Genus)
> rhina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Caymanabyssia (Caymanabyssia) Moskalev, 1976
=Caymanabyssia (Dictyabyssia) McLean, 1991
Details: Caymanabyssia rhina B.A. Marshall, 1985
Size/Grows to:
Length 3.7mm, Width 2.8mm, Height 0.6mm
Distribution:
Off White Island, Bay of Plenty, 1070-1100 metres. Alive on wood
Geographical Range:
AE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1985 Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 12(4) (p.538) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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