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Taxonomy
Family:
OSTEOPELTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Osteopeltidae (Family)
> Baleenopelta (Genus)
> rotunda (Species)
Images: Baleenopelta rotunda B.A. Marshall & K. Walton, 2021
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Taxonomy
Family:
OSTEOPELTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Osteopeltidae (Family)
> Baleenopelta (Genus)
> rotunda (Species)
Details: Baleenopelta rotunda B.A. Marshall & K. Walton, 2021
Size/Grows to:
Length 11.8mm
Distribution:
Eastern North Island, Challenger Plateau, Chatham Rise and Campbell Plateau
Geographical Range:
ACFMAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Living on submerged whale baleen from 370-1050 metres
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil