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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Solemyida (Order)
> Solemyoidea (Superfamily)
> Nucinellidae (Family)
> Nucinella (Genus)
> maoriana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyrillona Iredale, 1929
=Neopleurodon Hertlein & A.M. Strong, 1940
=Nuculina d'Orbigny, 1844
=Pleurodon S.V. Wood, 1840
Synonymised Names:
=Pleurodon maorianus Hedley, 1904
Images: Nucinella maoriana (Hedley, 1904)
Collected 15 May 1986, off point E of Oke Island, Wet Jacket Arm, Fiordland, NZ (M.142993). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
NUCINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Solemyida (Order)
> Solemyoidea (Superfamily)
> Nucinellidae (Family)
> Nucinella (Genus)
> maoriana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyrillona Iredale, 1929
=Neopleurodon Hertlein & A.M. Strong, 1940
=Nuculina d'Orbigny, 1844
=Pleurodon S.V. Wood, 1840
Synonymised Names:
=Pleurodon maorianus Hedley, 1904
Details: Nucinella maoriana (Hedley, 1904)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.5mm, Height 3.3mm, Thickness 1mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands, Chatham Rise and Challenger Plateau, from 15-786m
Type Data:
  • 9 metres, off Anchor Island, Dusky Sound, Fiordland, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.362)
  • Hedley, C. 1904 Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, Records of the Australian Museum, 5(2) (p.87) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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