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Taxonomy
Family:
CAYMANABYSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Caymanabyssiidae (Family)
> Caymanabyssia (Genus)
> sinespina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Caymanabyssia (Caymanabyssia) Moskalev, 1976
=Caymanabyssia (Dictyabyssia) McLean, 1991
Synonymised Names:
=Caymanabyssia (Dictyabyssia) sinespina B.A. Marshall, 1986
Images: Caymanabyssia sinespina B.A. Marshall, 1985
Holotype, collected 23 Nov 1981, NW of Orete Point, Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.075103). 2.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CAYMANABYSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Caymanabyssiidae (Family)
> Caymanabyssia (Genus)
> sinespina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Caymanabyssia (Caymanabyssia) Moskalev, 1976
=Caymanabyssia (Dictyabyssia) McLean, 1991
Synonymised Names:
=Caymanabyssia (Dictyabyssia) sinespina B.A. Marshall, 1986
Details: Caymanabyssia sinespina B.A. Marshall, 1985
Size/Grows to:
Length 2.4mm, Width 2mm, Height 0.5mm
Distribution:
Eastern North Island and Chatham Rise, from 734-1271m
Type Data:
  • 1000-1100 metres, E of White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype)
  • 800-810 metres, NE of Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ, (paratype)
  • 1150 metres, W of Hokitika, NZ, (paratype)
  • 830-900 metres, Moeraki Canyon, off Jackson Bay, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Alive on wood
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1985 Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 12(4) (p.539) 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