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Taxonomy
Family:
XYLODISCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Orbitestelloidea (Superfamily)
> Xylodisculidae (Family)
> Xylodiscula (Genus)
> osteophila (Species)
Images: Xylodiscula osteophila B. A. Marshall, 1994
Holotype, collected Oct 1988, off Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.116971). 1.6mm. © 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)
> osteophila (Species)
Details: Xylodiscula osteophila B. A. Marshall, 1994
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.6mm
Distribution:
Chatham Rise, from 420-900m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, On whale skull
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1994 Deep-sea gastropods from the New Zealand region associated with Recent whale bones and an Eocene turtle, The Nautilus, 108(1) (p.7) 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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