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Taxonomy
Family:
LAROCHEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (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)
> Lepetellida (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, from 113-133m
Type Data:
  • 113 metres, Wanganella Bank summit, W Norfolk Ridge, (paratype)
  • 135 metres, Wanganella Bank summit, W Norfolk Ridge, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - 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.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

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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