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Taxonomy
Family:
TROCHACLIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Trochaclididae (Family)
> Trochaclis (Genus)
> elata (Species)
Images: Trochaclis elata B.A. Marshall, 1995
Holotype, collected 21 Jun 1978, 37 km SW of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.092197). 1.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
TROCHACLIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Trochaclididae (Family)
> Trochaclis (Genus)
> elata (Species)
Details: Trochaclis elata B.A. Marshall, 1995
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.6mm, Width 1.3mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, from 310-805m
Type Data:
  • 800 metres, Three Kings Trough, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 310 metres, NW of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 440 metres, SW of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1995 Recent and Tertiary Trochaclididae from the southwest Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidae), The Veliger, 38(2) (p.97) 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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