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Taxonomy
Family:
MELANODRYMIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Neomphaliones (Subclass)
> Neomphalida (Order)
> Neomphaloidea (Superfamily)
> Melanodrymiidae (Family)
> Leptogyropsis (Genus)
> kaltanae (Species)
Images: Leptogyropsis kaltanae B.A. Marshall, 1988
Holotype, collected 28 Sep 1982, NE of Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.075132). 2.5mm. © 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)
> kaltanae (Species)
Details: Leptogyropsis kaltanae B.A. Marshall, 1988
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.55mm, Height 1.65mm
Distribution:
Eastern North Island, South Island and Chatham Rise, from 420-1208m
Type Data:
  • 800-810 metres, NE of Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, 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.966) 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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