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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SEGUENZIIDAE: ASTHELYSINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Seguenziidae (Family)
> Asthelysinae (Subfamily)
> Asthelys (Genus)
> cf. simplex (Species)
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SEGUENZIIDAE: ASTHELYSINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Seguenziidae (Family)
> Asthelysinae (Subfamily)
> Asthelys (Genus)
> cf. simplex (Species)
Details: Asthelys cf. simplex (R.B. Watson, 1879)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.8mm, Height 3.8mm
Distribution:
Challenger Plateau, from 4419-4421m
Type Data:
  • 3475 metres, off mouth of Rio de la Plata, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1988 New Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Tasman, South Pacific, and Southern Antilles Basins, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 15(2) (p.236)

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