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Taxonomy
Family:
MICROPILINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Monoplacophora (Class)
> Tryblidiida (Order)
> Micropilinidae (Family)
> Micropilina (Genus)
> reinga (Species)
Images: Micropilina reinga B.A. Marshall, 2006
Holotype, collected 12 May 2003, seamount W of Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.171278). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
MICROPILINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Monoplacophora (Class)
> Tryblidiida (Order)
> Micropilinidae (Family)
> Micropilina (Genus)
> reinga (Species)
Details: Micropilina reinga B.A. Marshall, 2006
Size/Grows to:
Length 0.7mm, Width 0.55mm
Distribution:
WNW of Three Kings Islands in approx. 400 metres
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2006 Four new species of Monoplacophora (Mollusca) from the New Zealand region, Molluscan Research, 26(2) (p.64) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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
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