Tentaoculus balantiophaga is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Lepetelloidea |
| Family: | Pseudococculinidae |
| Genus: | Tentaoculus |
| Species: | T. balantiophaga
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| Binomial name | |
| Tentaoculus balantiophaga B.A. Marshall, 1996[1]
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
edit- ^ Marshall B. (1996). A new subfamily of the Addisoniidae associated with cephalopod beaks from the tropical southwest Pacific, and a new pseudococculinid associated with chondrichthyan egg cases from New Zealand (Mollusca: Lepetelloidea). The Veliger 39(3) 250-259.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-02.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Tentaoculus balantiophaga B.A. Marshall, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579359 on 2013-02-02
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