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Taxonomy
Family:
LAROCHEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Larocheidae (Family)
> Bathyxylophila (Genus)
> iota (Species)
Images: Bathyxylophila iota B.A. Marshall, 1988
Holotype, collected 28 Sep 1982, NE of Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.075133). 0.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LAROCHEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Larocheidae (Family)
> Bathyxylophila (Genus)
> iota (Species)
Details: Bathyxylophila iota B.A. Marshall, 1988
Size/Grows to:
Height 0.67mm, Width 0.7mm
Distribution:
New South Wale, eastern North Island, northern South Island, Stewart Island and Chatham Rise, from 574-1064m
Type Data:
  • 800-810 metres, NE of Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1988 Skeneidae, Vitrinellidae and Orbitestellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) associated with biogenic substrata from bathyal depths off New Zealand and New South Wales, Journal of Natural History, 22 (p.979) 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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