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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SEGUENZIIDAE: GUTTULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Seguenziidae (Family)
> Guttulinae (Subfamily)
> Sericogyra (Genus)
> metallica (Species)
Images: Sericogyra metallica B.A. Marshall, 1988
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SEGUENZIIDAE: GUTTULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Seguenziidae (Family)
> Guttulinae (Subfamily)
> Sericogyra (Genus)
> metallica (Species)
Details: Sericogyra metallica B.A. Marshall, 1988
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.7mm, Height 4.4mm
Distribution:
Challenger Plateau, from 914-1463m
Type Data:
  • 1000-1010 metres, Challenger Plateau, off Westport, NW South Island, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
  • 900 metres, Challenger Plateau, off Kahurangi Point, NW Nelson, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1988 New Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Tasman, South Pacific, and Southern Antilles Basins, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 15(2) (p.244) 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