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Taxonomy
Family:
RASTODENTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Rastodentidae (Family)
> Tridentifera (Genus)
> crassicordata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Estea crassicordata Powell, 1937
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Taxonomy
Family:
RASTODENTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Rastodentidae (Family)
> Tridentifera (Genus)
> crassicordata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Estea crassicordata Powell, 1937
Details: Tridentifera crassicordata (Powell, 1937)
Size/Grows to:
Height 0.9mm, Width 0.6mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and of Spirits Bay, from 37-710m
Type Data:
  • 260 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
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.118)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.197) 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