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Taxonomy
Family:
NEOPILINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Monoplacophora (Class)
> Tryblidiida (Order)
> Neopilinidae (Family)
> Veleropilina (Genus)
> capulus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Rokopella Starobogatov & Moskalev, 1987
Synonymised Names:
=Rokopella capulus B.A. Marshall, 2006
Images: Veleropilina capulus B.A. Marshall, 2006
Holotype, collected 20 Apr 2001, Graveyard Seamount Complex, northern edge of central Chatham Rise, NZ (M.298885). 1.17mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
NEOPILINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Monoplacophora (Class)
> Tryblidiida (Order)
> Neopilinidae (Family)
> Veleropilina (Genus)
> capulus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Rokopella Starobogatov & Moskalev, 1987
Synonymised Names:
=Rokopella capulus B.A. Marshall, 2006
Details: Veleropilina capulus B.A. Marshall, 2006
Size/Grows to:
Length 2.4mm
Distribution:
Northern edge of Chatham Rise, 880-973 metres
Geographical Range:
ME.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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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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