Tecticrater finlayi

Taxobox
name = "Tecticrater finlayi"
status =


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

"Tecticrater finlayi" 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 170 m.

hell description

The shell is different from both "Tecticrater compressa" and "Tecticrater subcompressa" in being only slightly laterally compressed, and in having the apex central. Both dorsal slopes are straight, but the base is convex, with the ends upward curved.

Shell height is up to 1.65 mm, length is up to 3.7 mm, and width is up to 2.45 mm.

References

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