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Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOCOCCULINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudococculinidae (Family)
> Tentaoculus (Genus)
> lithodicola (Species)
Images: Tentaoculus lithodicola B.A. Marshall, 1985
Holotype, collected 8 August 1983, Conway Rise, Kaikoura, NZ (M.076017). 2.95mm. © 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)
> lithodicola (Species)
Details: Tentaoculus lithodicola B.A. Marshall, 1985
Size/Grows to:
Length 2.95mm, Width 2.05mm, Height 0.95mm
Distribution:
South Island. Off Kaikoura, 400 metres, living on Stone Crab carapace
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.533) 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