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Monodilepas otagoensis

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Monodilepas otagoensis
Black-and-white photo of apical view of the shell which is the holotype of Monodilepas otagoensis.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Monodilepas
Species:
M. otagoensis
Binomial name
Monodilepas otagoensis
Finlay, 1930[1]

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

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Monodilepas otagoensis was originally discovered and described by Harold John Finlay in 1930.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1