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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)
> otagoensis (Species)
Images: Monodilepas otagoensis Finlay, 1930
Holotype, collected pre 1930, 91 metres, ENE of Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA70485). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected pre 1930, 91 metres, ENE of Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA70485). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected pre 1930, 91 metres, ENE of Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA70485). © 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)
> otagoensis (Species)
Details: Monodilepas otagoensis Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Length 10.0mm, Width 8.1mm, Height 2.2mm
Distribution:
Off Taiaroa Head, Otago
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.41)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.222) 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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