Osteopelta mirabilis B.A. Marshall, 1987Species Images
Holotype, collected 17 Jul 1985, NE of Chatham Islands, NZ (M.084114). 7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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Taxonomy: Osteopelta mirabilis B.A. Marshall, 1987
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Lepetelllida (Order) > Lepetelloidea (Superfamily) > Osteopeltidae (Family) > Osteopelta (Genus) > mirabilis (Species)
Family:
OSTEOPELTIDAE
Details: Osteopelta mirabilis B.A. Marshall, 1987
Distribution:
Off South Island and NE of Chatham Islands. On whale bone
Geographical Range:
CFE.
Notes:
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References and Publications
- Marshall, B.A. 1987 Osteopeltidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): a new family of limpets associated with whale bone in the deep-sea, Journal of Molluscan Studies, 53 (p.122)
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Key to 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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