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Taxonomy
Family:
OSTEOPELTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (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)
> Lepetellida (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:
Challenger Plateau, South Island and western Chatham Rise, from 370-912m
Type Data:
  • 910 metres, Challenger Plateau, NW South Island, NZ, (paratype)
  • 370-380 metres, E of Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
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

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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