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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SEGUENZIIDAE: SEGUENZIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Seguenziidae (Family)
> Seguenziinae (Subfamily)
> Ancistrobasis (Genus)
> dilecta (Species)
Images: Ancistrobasis dilecta B.A. Marshall, 1983
Holotype, collected 28 Oct 1975, E of Chanter Islets, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (M.230819). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SEGUENZIIDAE: SEGUENZIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Seguenziidae (Family)
> Seguenziinae (Subfamily)
> Ancistrobasis (Genus)
> dilecta (Species)
Details: Ancistrobasis dilecta B.A. Marshall, 1983
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.5mm, Height 1.9mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, South Cavalli Seamount and Kermadec Islands, from 402-840m
Type Data:
  • 350-400 metres, E of Chanter Islets, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1983 Recent and Tertiary Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 10(3) (p.253) 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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