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Taxonomy
Family:
MICROPILINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Monoplacophora (Class)
> Tryblidiida (Order)
> Micropilinidae (Family)
> Micropilina (Genus)
> rakiura (Species)
Images: Micropilina rakiura B.A. Marshall, 1998
Holotype, collected 16 Oct 1994, Mount Duncan, southern Puysegur Bank, NZ (M.131609). 1.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
MICROPILINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Monoplacophora (Class)
> Tryblidiida (Order)
> Micropilinidae (Family)
> Micropilina (Genus)
> rakiura (Species)
Details: Micropilina rakiura B.A. Marshall, 1998
Size/Grows to:
Length 1.4mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island (S of Puysegur Point), from 896-1038m
Type Data:
  • 900-1040 metres, Puysegur Bank, Southland, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Living on branching coral
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1998 A new Monoplacophoran (Mollusca) from Southern New Zealand, Molluscan Research, 19 (p.53) 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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