Tecticrater subcompressa

Taxobox
name = "Tecticrater subcompressa"
status =


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropod
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
infraclassis = Cocculiniformia
superfamilia = Lepetelloidea
familia = Lepetellidae
genus = "Tecticrater"
species = "T. subcompressa"
binomial = "Tecticrater subcompressa"
binomial_authority = (Powell, 1937)
synonyms = "Tectisumen subcompressa" Powell, 1937

"Tecticrater subcompressa" is a species of small limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetellidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand including the Three Kings Islands.

Habitat

This limpet is found at depths of about 260 m.

hell description

The shell is not nearly so compressed as in "Tecticrater compressa", with the apex much nearer to the posterior end. The posterior margin is concave, the anterior margin is convex, and the basal margin upward curved at the ends.

Shell height is up to 1.8 mm, length is up to 3.1 mm, and width is up to 1.9 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1