Scaphander otagoensis
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Scaphander otagoensis 001.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of Scaphander otagoensis (paratype at the Museum of New Zealand)
| taxon = Scaphander otagoensis
| authority = Dell, 1956
| synonyms =
}}
Scaphander otagoensis is a species of sea snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Scaphandridae, the canoe bubbles. {{WRMS species|511947 |Scaphander otagoensis Dell, 1956|29 October 2024}}
Description
The length of the shell attains 39 mm, its diameter 17 mm.
{{Expand section|dare=October 2024|date=October 2024}}
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island, South Island, and the Chatham Islands, between 360 m and 650 meters. [http://www.mollusca.co.nz/speciesdetail.php?taxa=3773 New Zealand Mollusca: Scaphander otagoensis]
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Dell |first1=R.K. |title=The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand |journal=Dominion Museum Bulletin |date=1956 |volume=18 |page=143}}
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}
- {{cite book |last1=Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. |title=Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia |date=2009 |publisher=Canterbury University Press |location=Christchurch}}
External links
- {{cite journal |last1=Siegwald, J. & Malaquias, M. A. E. |title=Bringing light into deep-sea biodiversity: a systematic revision and molecular phylogeny of the genus Scaphander Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea), with a focus on the Indo-Pacific |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |date=2024 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad201 |doi-access=free }}
- {{cite book |last1=Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. |title=Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone |date=2011 |url=http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz}}
- [https://archive.today/20130105140539/http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Animalia/Scaphander_Genus.asp ZipCodeZoo]
- [http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=152310&coltype=molluscs®no=m.009141 Photo]
{{Taxonbar|from=Q6792455}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scaphander Otagoensis}}
Category:Gastropods described in 1956
Category: Gastropods of New Zealand
{{Heterobranchia-stub}}