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Taxonomy
Family:
SCAPHANDRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Philinoidea (Superfamily)
> Scaphandridae (Family)
> Scaphander (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Assula Schumacher, 1817
=Brocktonia Iredale, 1915
=Bucconia Dall, 1890
=Bullocardia F. Nordsieck, 1972
=Gioenia Bruguière, 1789
=Meloscaphander Schepman, 1913
=Nipponoscaphander Kuroda & Habe, 1971
=Scaphander (Sabatina) Dall, 1908
=Tricla Philippson, 1788
Images: Scaphander otagoensis Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected 28 Mar 1954, off Otago Peninsula, Karitane Canyon, NZ (M.009141). 13mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 28 Mar 1954, off Otago Peninsula, Karitane Canyon, NZ (M.009141). 13mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SCAPHANDRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Philinoidea (Superfamily)
> Scaphandridae (Family)
> Scaphander (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Assula Schumacher, 1817
=Brocktonia Iredale, 1915
=Bucconia Dall, 1890
=Bullocardia F. Nordsieck, 1972
=Gioenia Bruguière, 1789
=Meloscaphander Schepman, 1913
=Nipponoscaphander Kuroda & Habe, 1971
=Scaphander (Sabatina) Dall, 1908
=Tricla Philippson, 1788
Details: Scaphander otagoensis Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Height 39mm, Width 17mm
Distribution:
Southern Lord Howe Rise and New Zealand. North, South, Antipodes, and Bounty Islands, Challenger Plateau, Bounty Trough and Chatham Rise, from 340-2619m
Type Data:
  • 475-650 metres, Karitane Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
  • 550 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, off Taiaroa Head, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.271)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.143) 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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