Tecticrater subcompressa

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Tecticrater subcompressa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Lepetellidae
Genus: Tecticrater
Species:
T. subcompressa
Binomial name
Tecticrater subcompressa
(Powell, 1937)
Synonyms

Tectisumen subcompressa Powell, 1937

Tecticrater subcompressa is a species of very small deepwater limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetellidae. [1]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

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References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tecticrater subcompressa (Powell, 1937). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598169 on 2013-02-11