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Taxonomy
Family:
LAROCHEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Larocheidae (Family)
> Larochea (Genus)
> scitula (Species)
Images: Larochea scitula B.A. Marshall, 1993
Holotype, collected 30 Jan 1981, Wanganella Bank, West Norfolk Ridge, summit. (M.260630). 1.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LAROCHEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Larocheidae (Family)
> Larochea (Genus)
> scitula (Species)
Details: Larochea scitula B.A. Marshall, 1993
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.1mm, Width 1.2mm
Distribution:
Wanganella Bank, West Norfolk Ridge
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
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.1171)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1993 The systematic position of Larochea Finlay, 1927, and introduction of a new genus and two new species (Gastropoda: Scissurellidae), Journal of Molluscan Studies, 59 (p.291) Original Description

*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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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