Osteopeltidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): a new family of limpets associated with whale bone in the deep-sea

Occurrence
Latest version published by Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node on Mar 21, 2022 Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node

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Description

Osteopelta mirabilis is a limpet from whale skulls trawled on the Chatham Rise and off the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Osteopelta mirabilis combines a pseudococculinid-like shell and radula with an addisoniid-like animal.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Marshall B (2022): Osteopeltidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): a new family of limpets associated with whale bone in the deep-sea. v1.0. Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. Dataset/Occurrence. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=osteopeltamirabilis&v=1.0

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Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

B.A. Marshall
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Wellington
NZ

Geographic Coverage

Chatham Rise

Bounding Coordinates South West [-44.13, -175.543], North East [-42.937, 178.527]

Taxonomic Coverage

Osteopeltidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

Species Osteopelta mirabilis

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Marshall, B. A. (1987). Osteopeltidae (Mollusca:Gastropoda): A new family of limpets associated with whalebone in the deep-sea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 53 (2): 121-127. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/53.2.121

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS