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Taxonomy
Family:
LEPETELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Lepetellidae (Family)
> Tecticrater (Genus)
> compressus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cocculina compressa Suter, 1908
Images: Tecticrater compressus (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)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Lepetellidae (Family)
> Tecticrater (Genus)
> compressus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cocculina compressa Suter, 1908
Details: Tecticrater compressus (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Length 5mm, Height 3mm, Width 2mm
Distribution:
Off North, South and Chatham Islands, 70 to over 600 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFM
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

*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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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