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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: DIODORINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Diodorinae (Subfamily)
> Monodilepas (Genus)
> diemenensis (Species)
Images: Monodilepas diemenensis Finlay, 1930
In beach drift, Far North, NZ. 17mm. © rights reserved
In beach drift, near Rarawa, Far North, NZ. 12mm. © rights reserved
In beach drift on the high tide line, Far North, NZ. 9mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (MA70484). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (MA70484). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (MA70484). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: DIODORINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Diodorinae (Subfamily)
> Monodilepas (Genus)
> diemenensis (Species)
Details: Monodilepas diemenensis Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Length 20mm, Width 15mm
Distribution:
King Bank, Three Kings Islands, Cape Maria van Diemen, and north-eastern and south-western North Island, from 0-310m
Type Data:
  • Cape Maria van Diemen, NZ, (holotype)
  • W of Kapiti Island, NZ, (paratype of Monodilepas monilifera cookiana Dell, 1953)
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.41)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.222) 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