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Taxonomy
Family:
LEPETIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lepetidae (Family)
> Lepeta (Genus)
> grandis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cryptobranchia Middendorff, 1851
=Dallia Jeffreys, 1883
=Lepeta (Cryptobranchia) Middendorff, 1851
=Lepeta (Cryptoctenidia) Dall, 1918
=Lepeta (Lepeta) J. E. Gray, 1842
=Patella (Cryptobranchia) Middendorff, 1851
Synonymised Names:
=Tecticrater grandis Crozier, 1966
Images: Lepeta grandis Crozier, 1966
Holotype, collected 15 Jul 1962, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.018494). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LEPETIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Lepetidae (Family)
> Lepeta (Genus)
> grandis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cryptobranchia Middendorff, 1851
=Dallia Jeffreys, 1883
=Lepeta (Cryptobranchia) Middendorff, 1851
=Lepeta (Cryptoctenidia) Dall, 1918
=Lepeta (Lepeta) J. E. Gray, 1842
=Patella (Cryptobranchia) Middendorff, 1851
Synonymised Names:
=Tecticrater grandis Crozier, 1966
Details: Lepeta grandis Crozier, 1966
Size/Grows to:
Length 6.5mm, Width 4.7mm, Height 3.4mm
Distribution:
Southern Norfolk Ridge, West Norfolk Ridge, NW of Three Kings Islands, and South Cavalli Seamount, from 540-1260m
Type Data:
  • 800 metres, Three Kings Trough, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.81)
  • Crozier, M. 1966 New species and records of Mollusca from off the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand., Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 8 (p.48) 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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