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Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Bruceiella (Genus)
> laevigata (Species)
Images: Bruceiella laevigata B.A. Marshall, 1994
Holotype, collected 23 Aug 1989, NE of Chatham Islands, NZ (M.116969). 1.7mm. © 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)
> Bruceiella (Genus)
> laevigata (Species)
Details: Bruceiella laevigata B.A. Marshall, 1994
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.7mm, Width 1.5mm
Distribution:
Eastern Chatham Rise, from 1242m
Type Data:
  • 1240 metres, NE of Kaingaroa, Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1994 Deep-sea gastropods from the New Zealand region associated with Recent whale bones and an Eocene turtle, The Nautilus, 108(1) (p.5) 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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