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Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOCOCCULINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudococculinidae (Family)
> Caymanabyssia (Genus)
> sinespina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Caymanabyssia (Caymanabyssia) Moskalev, 1976
=Caymanabyssia (Dictyabyssia) McLean, 1991
Synonymised Names:
=Caymanabyssia (Dictyabyssia) sinespina B.A. Marshall, 1986
Images: Caymanabyssia sinespina B.A. Marshall, 1985
Holotype, collected 23 Nov 1981, NW of Orete Point, Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.075103). 2.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOCOCCULINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudococculinidae (Family)
> Caymanabyssia (Genus)
> sinespina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Caymanabyssia (Caymanabyssia) Moskalev, 1976
=Caymanabyssia (Dictyabyssia) McLean, 1991
Synonymised Names:
=Caymanabyssia (Dictyabyssia) sinespina B.A. Marshall, 1986
Details: Caymanabyssia sinespina B.A. Marshall, 1985
Size/Grows to:
Length 2.4mm, Width 2mm, Height 0.5mm
Distribution:
White Island, Bay of Plenty, 1070-1100 metres, to Jackson Bay, Westland, 833-891 metres. Alive on wood
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1985 Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 12(4) (p.539) 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