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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:
North, South and Chatham Islands, from 760-1463m
Type Data:
  • 1000-1100 metres, E of White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (paratype of Pectinodonta aupouria B.A. Marshall, 1985)
  • 1100 metres, off Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Feeding on submerged wood
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) 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