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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Solemyida (Order)
> Solemyoidea (Superfamily)
> Nucinellidae (Family)
> Nucinella (Genus)
> viridula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyrillona Iredale, 1929
=Neopleurodon Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1940
=Nuculina d'Orbigny, 1844
=Pleurodon S.V. Wood, 1840
Images: Nucinella viridula Kusnetzov & Schileyko, 1984
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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Solemyida (Order)
> Solemyoidea (Superfamily)
> Nucinellidae (Family)
> Nucinella (Genus)
> viridula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyrillona Iredale, 1929
=Neopleurodon Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1940
=Nuculina d'Orbigny, 1844
=Pleurodon S.V. Wood, 1840
Details: Nucinella viridula Kusnetzov & Schileyko, 1984
Distribution:
South Island, Off Otago Peninsula
Geographical Range:
C
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Kuznetsov, A.P., Shileyko, A.A. 1984 On the gutless Protobranchia (Bivalvia), Nauchnye Doklady Vysshei Shkoly Biologicheskie Nauki (p.46) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil