Scaphander otagoensis
| Scaphander otagoensis | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Scaphander otagoensis (paratype at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Scaphandridae |
| Genus: | Scaphander |
| Species: | S. otagoensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Scaphander otagoensis Dell, 1956
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Scaphander otagoensis is a species of sea snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Scaphandridae, the canoe bubbles. [1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 39 mm, its diameter 17 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island, South Island, and the Chatham Islands, between 360 m and 650 meters. [2]
References
- ^ Scaphander otagoensis Dell, 1956. 29 October 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ New Zealand Mollusca: Scaphander otagoensis
- Dell, R.K. (1956). "The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand". Dominion Museum Bulletin. 18: 143.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- 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. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.
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External links
- Siegwald, J. & Malaquias, M. A. E. (2024). "Bringing light into deep-sea biodiversity: a systematic revision and molecular phylogeny of the genus Scaphander Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea), with a focus on the Indo-Pacific". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad201.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone.
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