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Taxonomy
Family:
RETUSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Bulloidea (Superfamily)
> Retusidae (Family)
> Relichna (Genus)
> pachys (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Utriculus (Tornatina) pachys R.B. Watson, 1883
=Utriculus pachys R.B. Watson, 1883
Images: Relichna pachys (R.B. Watson, 1883)
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Taxonomy
Family:
RETUSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Bulloidea (Superfamily)
> Retusidae (Family)
> Relichna (Genus)
> pachys (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Utriculus (Tornatina) pachys R.B. Watson, 1883
=Utriculus pachys R.B. Watson, 1883
Details: Relichna pachys (R.B. Watson, 1883)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5.8mm, Width 3.5mm
Distribution:
South-western Pacific. Eastern North Island, eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 293-1000m
Type Data:
  • 1280 metres, NE off East Cape, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.276)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil