Amphiplica knudseni

Amphiplica knudseni
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Pseudococculinidae
Genus: Amphiplica
Species:
A. knudseni
Binomial name
Amphiplica knudseni
McLean, 1988

Amphiplica knudseni is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.[1]

Paratype in the Museum of New Zealand. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to the Tasman Basin, New Zealand.

References

  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
  • McLean, J.H. (1988). "Three new limpets of the family Pseudococculinidae from abyssal depths (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda)" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 17 (2): 157–159. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  • World Register of Marine Species