Tecticrater compressa

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

Tecticrater compressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Lepetelloidea
Family:
Lepetellidae
Genus:
Tecticrater
Species:
T. compressa
Binomial name
Tecticrater compressa
(Suter, 1908)
Synonyms

Cocculina compressa Suter, 1908

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tecticrater compressa (Suter, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598166 on 2013-02-11
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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