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Taxonomy
Family:
CAYMANABYSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Caymanabyssiidae (Family)
> Colotrachelus (Genus)
> hestica (Species)
Images: Colotrachelus hestica B.A. Marshall, 1985
Holotype, collected 13 Jan 1979, lower Kaikoura Canyon, S of Kaikoura, NZ (M.075108). 1.8mm. © 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)
> Colotrachelus (Genus)
> hestica (Species)
Details: Colotrachelus hestica B.A. Marshall, 1985
Size/Grows to:
Length 2.1mm, Width 1.8mm, Height 0.6mm
Distribution:
South-eastern North Island, north-eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 740-1723m
Type Data:
  • 1500 metres, Lower Kaikoura Canyon, S of Kaikoura, NZ, (holotype)
  • 1550-1750 metres, Head of Hikurangi Trench, N Chatham Rise, 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.540) 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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