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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:
Kermadec Islands, dead in pumice gravel, 366-402 metres, and off North Cape
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
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

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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