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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: DIODORINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Diodorinae (Subfamily)
> Monodilepas (Genus)
> diemenensis (Species)
Images: Monodilepas diemenensis Finlay, 1930
In beach drift, Far North, NZ. 17mm
In beach drift, near Rarawa, Far North, NZ. 12mm
In beach drift on the high tide line, Far North, NZ. 9mm
Holotype, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (MA70484). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (MA70484). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (MA70484). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: DIODORINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Diodorinae (Subfamily)
> Monodilepas (Genus)
> diemenensis (Species)
Details: Monodilepas diemenensis Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Length 20mm, Width 15mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, 10-800 metres. Also off Taranaki
Geographical Range:
ACE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil