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Taxonomy
Family:
LEPETELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Lepetellidae (Family)
> Lepetella (Genus)
> clypidellaeformis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Tectisumen Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Cocculina clypidellaeformis Suter, 1908
=Tectisumen clypidellaeformis (Suter, 1908)
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Taxonomy
Family:
LEPETELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Lepetellidae (Family)
> Lepetella (Genus)
> clypidellaeformis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Tectisumen Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Cocculina clypidellaeformis Suter, 1908
=Tectisumen clypidellaeformis (Suter, 1908)
Details: Lepetella clypidellaeformis (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Length 3mm, Width 2.5mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
Wanganella and Middlesex Banks, West Norfolk Ridge, Three Kings, North, South, Auckland and Campbell Island, Chatham Rise and Challenger Plateau, from 46-805m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Found attached to the inside wall of old polychaete worm tubes
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.80)
  • 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

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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