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Taxonomy
Family:
XYLODISCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Orbitestelloidea (Superfamily)
> Xylodisculidae (Family)
> Xylodiscula (Genus)
> librata (Species)
Images: Xylodiscula librata B.A. Marshall, 1988
Holotype, collected 23 Nov 1981, NW of Orete Point, Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.075122). 1.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
XYLODISCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Orbitestelloidea (Superfamily)
> Xylodisculidae (Family)
> Xylodiscula (Genus)
> librata (Species)
Details: Xylodiscula librata B.A. Marshall, 1988
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.2mm
Distribution:
Bay of Plenty, from 1075-1100m
Type Data:
  • 1000-1100 metres, E of White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1988 Skeneidae, Vitrinellidae and Orbitestellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) associated with biogenic substrata from bathyal depths off New Zealand and New South Wales, Journal of Natural History, 22 (p.991) 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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