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Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Bruceiella (Genus)
> pruinosa (Species)
Images: Bruceiella pruinosa B.A. Marshall, 1994
Holotype, collected 3 Jul 1989, Challenger Plateau, NZ (M.116968). 1.4mm. © 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)
> pruinosa (Species)
Details: Bruceiella pruinosa B.A. Marshall, 1994
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.7mm, Width 1.4mm
Distribution:
Challenger Plateau, on whalebone, 908-912 metres
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

*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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