Thysanodonta aucklandica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Genus: | Thysanodonta |
Species: | T. aucklandica |
Binomial name | |
Thysanodonta aucklandica Marshall, 1988 | |
Thysanodonta aucklandica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae. [1]
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This marine species occurs off New Zealand at depths between 476 m and 549 m.
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