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Taxonomy
Family:
[UNASSIGNED] SEGUENZIOIDEA
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> [unassigned] Seguenzioidea (Family)
> Lissotesta (Genus)
> ambigua (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Intortia Egorova, 1972
=Lapidicola Egorova, 1972
=Submargarita Strebel, 1908
Images: Lissotesta ambigua Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected 7 Feb 1954, NE of Kaingaroa, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009354). 2.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
[UNASSIGNED] SEGUENZIOIDEA
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> [unassigned] Seguenzioidea (Family)
> Lissotesta (Genus)
> ambigua (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Intortia Egorova, 1972
=Lapidicola Egorova, 1972
=Submargarita Strebel, 1908
Details: Lissotesta ambigua Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.4mm, Width 1.9mm
Distribution:
Off eastern Otago and Chatham Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.74)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.52) 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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