MolluscaBase - Osteopelta praeceps B. A. Marshall, 1994

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Osteopelta praeceps B. A. Marshall, 1994

To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.116970; Osteopelta praeceps B. Marshall, 1994; holotype)

AphiaID

594436 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:594436)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Osteopelta B. A. Marshall, 1987

Original name

Osteopelta praeceps B. A. Marshall, 1994

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Marshall, B. A. (1994). Deep-sea gastropods from the New Zealand region associated with Recent whale bone and an Eocene turtle. The Nautilus. 108(1): 1–8, figs. 1-25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273231
page(s): 3, figs. 2-6, 18-19 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Osteopelta praeceps B. A. Marshall, 1994. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594436 on 2026-08-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-01-16 15:57:50Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

2013-01-21 23:24:45Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2020-04-01 20:50:06Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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original description Marshall, B. A. (1994). Deep-sea gastropods from the New Zealand region associated with Recent whale bone and an Eocene turtle. The Nautilus. 108(1): 1–8, figs. 1-25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273231
page(s): 3, figs. 2-6, 18-19 [details]

basis of record Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the recent Mollusca recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). 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. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]