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Taxonomy
Family:
COCCULINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Cocculinellidae (Family)
> Cocculinella (Genus)
> osteophila (Species)
Images: Cocculinella osteophila B.A. Marshall, 1983
Holotype, collected 22 Feb 1974, main channel, Whangaroa Harbour entrance, NZ (M.075020). 2.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
COCCULINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Cocculinellidae (Family)
> Cocculinella (Genus)
> osteophila (Species)
Details: Cocculinella osteophila B.A. Marshall, 1983
Size/Grows to:
Length 2.3mm, Width 1mm, Height 0.65mm
Distribution:
Whangaroa Harbour Entrance, attached to a narrow piece of bone
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1983 The family Cocculinellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in New Zealand, National Museum of New Zealand Records, 2(12) (p.140) 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