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Taxonomy
Family:
[UNASSIGNED] SEGUENZIOIDEA
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> [unassigned] Seguenzioidea (Family)
> Brookula (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Benthobrookula A.H. Clarke, 1961
=Brookula (Brookula) Iredale, 1912
Images: Brookula benthicola Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected 16 Aug 1955, Taiaroa Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ (M.009292). 1.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
[UNASSIGNED] SEGUENZIOIDEA
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> [unassigned] Seguenzioidea (Family)
> Brookula (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Benthobrookula A.H. Clarke, 1961
=Brookula (Brookula) Iredale, 1912
Details: Brookula benthicola Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.2mm, Width 1.0mm
Distribution:
Cook Strait, to Taiaroa Canyon, off Otago Peninsula
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.77)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.49) 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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