Tectisumen clypidellaeformis

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Tectisumen clypidellaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Infraclass: Cocculiniformia
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Lepetellidae
Genus: Tectisumen
Species: T. clypidellaeformis
Binomial name
Tectisumen clypidellaeformis
Suter, 1908
Synonyms

Cocculina clypidellaeformis Suter, 1908

Tectisumen clypidellaeformis is a species of small deepwater 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 Snares.

[edit] Habitat

This snail is found at depths of between 90 and 550 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is minute, saddle-shaped, with the sides produced medially but the ends raised.

Shell coloration is white, the interior showing a distinct semi-circular muscle impression.

Shell height is up to 2.2 mm, length up to 2.8 mm, and width up to 2.5 mm.

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