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Taxonomy
Family:
OSTEOPELTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Osteopeltidae (Family)
> Osteopelta (Genus)
> praeceps (Species)
Images: Osteopelta praeceps B.A. Marshall, 1994
Holotype, collected 29 Jan 1992, Chatham Rise, E of Mernoo Bank, NZ (M.116970). 5.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
OSTEOPELTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Osteopeltidae (Family)
> Osteopelta (Genus)
> praeceps (Species)
Details: Osteopelta praeceps B.A. Marshall, 1994
Size/Grows to:
Length 6.25mm, Height 3.5mm
Distribution:
Chatham Rise, E of Mernoo Bank and Challenger Plateau, on whale bone, 372-912 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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.3) Original Description

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

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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