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Taxonomy
Family:
LAROCHEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Larocheidae (Family)
> Larocheopsis (Genus)
> amplexa (Species)
Images: Larocheopsis amplexa B. A. Marshall, 1993
Holotype, collected 30 Jun 1978, 11 km NW of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.074954). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LAROCHEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Larocheidae (Family)
> Larocheopsis (Genus)
> amplexa (Species)
Details: Larocheopsis amplexa B. A. Marshall, 1993
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.5mm, Height 1.5mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank and Three Kings Islands, from 291-310m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1993 The systematic position of Larochea Finlay, 1927, and introduction of a new genus and two new species (Gastropoda: Scissurellidae), Journal of Molluscan Studies, 59 (p.291) Original Description

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

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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