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Taxonomy
Family:
OSTEOPELTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (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)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Osteopeltidae (Family)
> Osteopelta (Genus)
> mirabilis (Species)
Details: Osteopelta mirabilis B.A. Marshall, 1987
Size/Grows to:
Length 8.1mm
Distribution:
Challenger Plateau and Chatham Rise, from 882-937m
Type Data:
  • 880 metres, NE of Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, On whale bone
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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) 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
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