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Taxonomy
Family:
OSTEOPELTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Osteopeltidae (Family)
> Osteopelta (Genus)
> mirabilis (Species)
Images: Osteopelta mirabilis B.A. Marshall, 1987
Holotype, collected 17 Jul 1985, NE of Chatham Islands, NZ (M.084114). 7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
OSTEOPELTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Osteopeltidae (Family)
> Osteopelta (Genus)
> mirabilis (Species)
Details: Osteopelta mirabilis B.A. Marshall, 1987
Size/Grows to:
Length 8.1mm
Distribution:
Off South Island and NE of Chatham Islands. On whale bone
Geographical Range:
CF
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
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) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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
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