Tentaoculus balantiophaga

Tentaoculus balantiophaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Lepetelloidea
Family:Pseudococculinidae
Genus:Tentaoculus
Species: T. balantiophaga
Binomial name
Tentaoculus balantiophaga
B.A. Marshall, 1996[1]

Tentaoculus balantiophaga is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. ↑ Marshall B. (1996). A new subfamily of the Addisoniidae associated with cephalopod beaks from the tropical southwest Pacific, and a new pseudococculinid associated with chondrichthyan egg cases from New Zealand (Mollusca: Lepetelloidea). The Veliger 39(3) 250-259.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Tentaoculus balantiophaga B.A. Marshall, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579359 on 2013-02-02


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