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Taxonomy
Family:
WEMERSONIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Scaphopoda (Class)
> Gadilida (Order)
> Gadilimorpha (Suborder)
> Wemersoniellidae (Family)
> Wemersoniella (Genus)
> knudseni (Species)
Images: Wemersoniella knudseni Scarabino, 1995
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Taxonomy
Family:
WEMERSONIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Scaphopoda (Class)
> Gadilida (Order)
> Gadilimorpha (Suborder)
> Wemersoniellidae (Family)
> Wemersoniella (Genus)
> knudseni (Species)
Details: Wemersoniella knudseni Scarabino, 1995
Geographical Range:
KC
Notes:
Tusk Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic, 4105-4630 metres
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Scarabino, V. 1995 Scaphopoda of the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, with descriptions of 3 new genera and 42 new species. In Bouchet, P. (ed), Resultats des Campagnes Musorstom volume 14, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 167 (p.326) Original Description

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