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Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Tasmocrossea (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Images: Tasmocrossea benthicola Dell, 1952
Holotype, collected 24 Oct 1950, Challenger Plateau, W of North Island, NZ (M.005559). 1.05mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Tasmocrossea (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Details: Tasmocrossea benthicola Dell, 1952
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.05mm, Width 0.97mm
Distribution:
Tasman Sea
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.74)
  • Dell, R.K. 1952 A deep water molluscan fauna from the Tasman Sea, Dominion Museum Records in Zoology, 1(10) (p.105) 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