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Taxonomy
Family:
MELANODRYMIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Neomphaliones (Subclass)
> Neomphalida (Order)
> Neomphaloidea (Superfamily)
> Melanodrymiidae (Family)
> Leptogyropsis (Genus)
> kalinovoae (Species)
Images: Leptogyropsis kalinovoae B.A. Marshall, 1988
Holotype, collected 23 Nov 1981, NW of Orete Point, Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.075117). 3.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
MELANODRYMIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Neomphaliones (Subclass)
> Neomphalida (Order)
> Neomphaloidea (Superfamily)
> Melanodrymiidae (Family)
> Leptogyropsis (Genus)
> kalinovoae (Species)
Details: Leptogyropsis kalinovoae B.A. Marshall, 1988
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.5mm, Height 2.35mm
Distribution:
Eastern North Island, South Island and Chatham Rise, from 740-1289m
Type Data:
  • 1000-1100 metres, E of White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Alive on wood
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.965) 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