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Taxonomy
Family:
LEPETIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lepetidae (Family)
> Maoricrater (Genus)
> exploratus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Notoacmea explorata Dell, 1953
Images: Maoricrater exploratus (Dell, 1953)
Holotype, collected 4 Nov 1950, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.005665). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 200-600 metres, Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ. 4.3mm
Collected 150-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 4mm
Collected 120-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 4mm
Collected 120-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 4mm
Collected 120-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 4mm
Taxonomy
Family:
LEPETIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lepetidae (Family)
> Maoricrater (Genus)
> exploratus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Notoacmea explorata Dell, 1953
Details: Maoricrater exploratus (Dell, 1953)
Size/Grows to:
Length 4.5mm, Width 3.0mm
Distribution:
North and South Island, and Chatham Rise. Trawled from approximately 30-600 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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.279)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.50)
  • Dell, R.K. 1953 A molluscan fauna from the Chatham Rise, New Zealand., Records of the Dominion Museum, 2(1) (p.42) Original Description

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

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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