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Taxonomy
Family:
COCCULINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Cocculinellidae (Family)
> Cocculinella (Genus)
> osteophila (Species)
Images: Cocculinella osteophila B.A. Marshall, 1983
Holotype, collected 22 Feb 1974, main channel, Whangaroa Harbour entrance, NZ (M.075020). 2.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
COCCULINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Cocculinellidae (Family)
> Cocculinella (Genus)
> osteophila (Species)
Details: Cocculinella osteophila B.A. Marshall, 1983
Size/Grows to:
Length 2.3mm, Width 1mm, Height 0.65mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island and south-western South Island, from 326-459m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Attached to a narrow piece of bone
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1983 The family Cocculinellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in New Zealand, National Museum of New Zealand Records, 2(12) (p.140) 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