Tecticrater compressa

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Tecticrater compressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropod
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Infraclass: Cocculiniformia
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Lepetellidae
Genus: Tecticrater
Species: T. compressa
Binomial name
Tecticrater compressa
(Suter, 1908)
Synonyms

Cocculina compressa Suter, 1908

Tecticrater compressa is a species of small limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetellidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand including the Chatham Islands and the Chatham Rise.

[edit] Habitat

This limpet is found at depths of between 70 and 640 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is small, greatly laterally compressed, the sides straight and parallel, and the ends slightly raised. The apex is submedian, the anterior and posterior slopes straight.

Shell height is up to 2.8 mm, length is up to 5 mm, and width is up to 2 mm.

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