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Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOCOCCULINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudococculinidae (Family)
> Tentaoculus (Genus)
> haptricola (Species)
Images: Tentaoculus haptricola B.A. Marshall, 1985
Holotype, collected 4 Apr 1984, SE of Castlepoint, NZ (M.075180). 3mm. © 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)
> Tentaoculus (Genus)
> haptricola (Species)
Details: Tentaoculus haptricola B.A. Marshall, 1985
Size/Grows to:
Length 3mm, Width 2.2mm, Height 1.3mm
Distribution:
Off Castlepoint, 1070-1200 metres, alive on Macrocystis holdfasts
Geographical Range:
C
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
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.534) Original Description

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