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Taxonomy
Family:
PECTINODONTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinodontidae (Family)
> Pectinodonta (Genus)
> marinovichi (Species)
Images: Pectinodonta marinovichi B.A. Marshall, 1998
Holotype, collected 10 Aug 1995, off Cape Kidnappers, NZ (M.127085). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
PECTINODONTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinodontidae (Family)
> Pectinodonta (Genus)
> marinovichi (Species)
Details: Pectinodonta marinovichi B.A. Marshall, 1998
Size/Grows to:
Length 25mm
Distribution:
Off White Island, Bay of Plenty, to off Hokitika, feeding on wood in 736-1364 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1998 A new deep-sea limpet of the genus Pectinodonta Dall, 1882 from New Zealand, and new distribution records for P. aupouria and P. morioria Marshall, 1985, The Nautilus, 112(2) (p.52)

*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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil