Osteopelta praeceps

Osteopelta praeceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Lepetelloidea
Family:	Osteopeltidae
Genus:	Osteopelta
Species:	O. praeceps
Binomial name
Osteopelta praeceps B.A. Marshall, 1994 [1]

Osteopelta praeceps is a species of small, deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Osteopeltidae. ^{[2] [3]}

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

1. Marshall, B.A. 1994. Deep-sea gastropods from the New Zealand region associated with Recent whale bone and an Eocene turtle. The Nautilus 108: 1–8.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-02.
2. Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Osteopelta praeceps B.A. Marshall, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594436 on 2013-02-02
3. 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. Online http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/

• 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.

External links

• Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
• World Register of Marine Species