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Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOCOCCULINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudococculinidae (Family)
> Tentaoculus (Genus)
> balantiophaga (Species)
Images: Tentaoculus balantiophaga B.A. Marshall, 1996
Holotype, collected 2 Apr 1993, off Castlepoint, NZ (M.118318). 3.2mm. © 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)
> balantiophaga (Species)
Details: Tentaoculus balantiophaga B.A. Marshall, 1996
Size/Grows to:
Length 3.2mm
Distribution:
Off Castlepoint, and western Chatham Rise, from 1065-1335m
Type Data:
  • 1300 metres, off Castlepoint, Wairarapa, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
  • 1070 metres, W Chatham Rise, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Living within and feeding on spent skate egg cases
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1996 A new subfamily of the Addisoniidae associated with cephalopod beaks from the tropical southwest Pacific, and a new pseudococculinid associated with chondrichthyan egg cases from New Zealand (Mollusca: Lepetelloidea), The Veliger, 39(3) (p.255) 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