Biology:Monodilepas otagoensis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Black-and-white photo of apical view of the shell which is the holotype of Monodilepas otagoensis. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Monodilepas |
| Species: | M. otagoensis
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| Monodilepas otagoensis | |
Monodilepas otagoensis is a species of small sea snail, a keyhole limpet, a subspecies of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[2]
This species has only been found in New Zealand.[3]
Description
Monodilepas otagoensis was originally discovered and described by Harold John Finlay in 1930.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Finlay H. J. (1930). "Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand. No. 3." Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 61: page 222-247.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Monodilepas otagoensis Finlay, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565204 on 2013-01-21
- ↑ Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
Wikidata ☰ Q3170081 entry
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