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Tecticrater subcompressus

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Tecticrater subcompressus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Lepetellidae
Genus: Tecticrater
Species:
T. subcompressus
Binomial name
Tecticrater subcompressus
(Powell, 1937)
Synonyms

Tecticrater subcompressa Powell, 1937
Tectisumen subcompressa Powell, 1937

Tecticrater subcompressus is a species of very small deepwater limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetellidae.[1] The species was originally described by Arthur William Baden Powell as Tectisumen subcompressa in 1937.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

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  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
  2. ^ Powell, A. W. B. (1937). "New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand". Discovery Reports. 15: 188–189.