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Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Zalipais (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Images: Zalipais benthicola Powell, 1927
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Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Zalipais (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Details: Zalipais benthicola Powell, 1927
Size/Grows to:
Height 0.5mm, Width 0.9mm
Distribution:
Off Otago and off Snares Islands
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.79)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1927 Deep-water Mollusca from south-west Otago, with descriptions of 2 new genera and 22 new species., Records of the Canterbury Museum, 3 (p.115) 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