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Taxonomy
Family:
LEPETELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Lepetellidae (Family)
> Lepetella (Genus)
> compressa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Tectisumen Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Cocculina compressa Suter, 1908
=Tecticrater compressus (Suter, 1908)
Images: Lepetella compressa (Suter, 1908)
Collected Flat Point, SE of Masterton, NZ (M.001628). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Flat Point, SE of Masterton, NZ (M.001628). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LEPETELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Lepetellidae (Family)
> Lepetella (Genus)
> compressa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Tectisumen Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Cocculina compressa Suter, 1908
=Tecticrater compressus (Suter, 1908)
Details: Lepetella compressa (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Length 5mm, Height 3mm, Width 2mm
Distribution:
Off North, South and Chatham Islands, 70 to over 600 metres
Type Data:
  • 140 metres, off Flat Point, Wairarapa, NZ, (holotype of Cocculina compressa Suter, 1908)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.81)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.27) 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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