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Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOCOCCULINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudococculinidae (Family)
> Tentaoculus (Genus)
> haptricola (Species)
Images: Tentaoculus haptricola B.A. Marshall, 1985
Holotype, collected 4 Apr 1984, SE of Castlepoint, NZ (M.075180). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOCOCCULINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudococculinidae (Family)
> Tentaoculus (Genus)
> haptricola (Species)
Details: Tentaoculus haptricola B.A. Marshall, 1985
Size/Grows to:
Length 3mm, Width 2.2mm, Height 1.3mm
Distribution:
South-eastern North Island, north-eastern South Island, and Chatham Islands, from 565-1070m
Type Data:
  • 1000-1200 metres, off Castlepoint, Wairarapa, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Alive on Macrocystis holdfasts
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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.534) 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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