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Taxonomy
Family:
PECTINODONTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinodontidae (Family)
> Pectinodonta (Genus)
> aupouria (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Maoricrater explorata Powell, 1979, in part, not Dell, 1953
Images: Pectinodonta aupouria B.A. Marshall, 1985
In wood crevices approx. 1100 metres, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 16mm. © rights reserved
Found in crevices of waterlogged wood, in very deep water. 16.5mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
PECTINODONTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinodontidae (Family)
> Pectinodonta (Genus)
> aupouria (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Maoricrater explorata Powell, 1979, in part, not Dell, 1953
Details: Pectinodonta aupouria B.A. Marshall, 1985
Size/Grows to:
Length 20mm, Width 15mm
Distribution:
Eastern North Island and Chatham Islands, from 828-1271m
Type Data:
  • 1000-1100 metres, E of White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, On submerged wood
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1998 A new deep-sea limpet of the genus Pectinodonta Dall, 1882 from New Zealand, and new distribution records for P. aupouria and P. morioria Marshall, 1985, The Nautilus, 112(2) (p.56)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1985 Recent and Tertiary deep-sea limpets of the genus Pectinodonta Dall (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 12(2) (p.277) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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