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Taxonomy
Family:
BENTHOBIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Olivoidea (Superfamily)
> Benthobiidae (Family)
> Fusulculus (Genus)
> albus (Species)
Images: Fusulculus albus Bouchet & Vermeij, 1998
Holotype, collected 15 Sep 1985, Grand-Passage, New Caledonia. ~8mm. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Taxonomy
Family:
BENTHOBIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Olivoidea (Superfamily)
> Benthobiidae (Family)
> Fusulculus (Genus)
> albus (Species)
Details: Fusulculus albus Bouchet & Vermeij, 1998
Distribution:
New Caledonia and northern New Zealand. Wanganella Bank, Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Rise and Three Kings Islands, from 211-1216m
Type Data:
  • 675 metres, Grand-Passage, New Caledonia, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Bouchet, P., Vermeij, G.J. 1998 Two new deep-water Pseudolividae (Neogastropoda) from the south-west Pacific, The Nautilus, 111(2) (p.49) 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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