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Taxonomy
Family:
LAROCHEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Larocheidae (Family)
> Trogloconcha (Genus)
> tesselata (Species)
Images: Trogloconcha tesselata Kase & Kano, 2002
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Taxonomy
Family:
LAROCHEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Larocheidae (Family)
> Trogloconcha (Genus)
> tesselata (Species)
Details: Trogloconcha tesselata Kase & Kano, 2002
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.11mm
Distribution:
Eastern Indian Ocean, Western Pacific and Kermadec Ridge, from 538m
Type Data:
  • N of Kohama Island, Yaeyama Group, Okinawa, Japan, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Geiger, D.L. 2012 Monograph of the Little Slit Shells 2, Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Temnocinclidae, Sutilizonidae, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA (p.1197)
  • Kase, T., Kano, Y. 2002 Trogloconcha, a new genus of larocheine Scissurellidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from tropical Indo-Pacific submarine caves, The Veliger, 45(1) (p.31) 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