Acremodonta crassicosta is a species of minute, deep-water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Ataphridae, the false top snails or false top shells.[1]
| Acremodonta crassicosta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Ataphridae |
| Genus: | Acremodonta |
| Species: | A. crassicosta
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| Binomial name | |
| Acremodonta crassicosta (Powell, 1937)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Thoristella crassicosta Powell, 1937 (basionym) | |
Distribution
editThis species is endemic to the deeper waters around New Zealand's Three Kings Islands.
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Acremodonta crassicosta (Powell, 1937). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594674 on 2012-06-21
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Marshall, B.A. 1983: Acremodontinae: a new subfamily of the Trochidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). National Museum of New Zealand Records 2: 127-130 (p. 127)
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