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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Nucula (Genus)
> dunedinensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamellinucula Schenck, 1944
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) Schenck, 1944 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Lamellinucula dunedinensis (Finlay, 1928)
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) dunedinensis Finlay, 1928 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Nucula dunedinensis (Finlay, 1928)
Holotype, collected in 5 metres, Dunedin Harbour, Otago, NZ (MA70552). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 5 metres, Dunedin Harbour, Otago, NZ (MA70552). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 5 metres, Dunedin Harbour, Otago, NZ (MA70552). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 5 metres, Dunedin Harbour, Otago, NZ (MA70552). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected 3 Sep 1963, Otago Harbour, NZ (M.143968). 2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 3 Sep 1963, Otago Harbour, NZ (M.143968). 2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Nucula (Genus)
> dunedinensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamellinucula Schenck, 1944
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) Schenck, 1944 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Lamellinucula dunedinensis (Finlay, 1928)
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) dunedinensis Finlay, 1928 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Nucula dunedinensis (Finlay, 1928)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.8mm, Width 2mm
Distribution:
South Island from Kaikoura southwards, Stewart Island and Snares Islands
Type Data:
  • Dunedin Harbour, 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.355)
  • Finlay, H. 1928 The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 59 (p.262) 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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