Tecticrater subcompressus explained

Tecticrater subcompressus is a species of very small deepwater limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetellidae.^[1] The species was originally described by Arthur William Baden Powell as Tectisumen subcompressa in 1937.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tecticrater subcompressa (Powell, 1937). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598169 on 2013-02-11
2. New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand . 188–189 . Discovery Reports . 15 . 1937 . Powell . A. W. B. . Arthur William Baden Powell.