Tecticrater compressa is a species of very small deepwater limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetellidae.[1]

Tecticrater compressa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Lepetellidae
Genus: Tecticrater
Species:
T. compressa
Binomial name
Tecticrater compressa
(Suter, 1908)
Synonyms

Cocculina compressa Suter, 1908

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tecticrater compressa (Suter, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598166 on 2013-02-11
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1