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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Linucula (Genus)
> recens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nucula (Linucula) Marwick, 1931
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Linucula) recens (Dell, 1956)
=Nucula recens (Dell, 1956)
Images: Linucula recens Dell, 1956
Dredged Papanui Canyon, 500-600 metres, Otago, NZ. 6.4mm. © rights reserved
Dredged Papanui Canyon, 500-600 metres, Otago, NZ. 6.4mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Linucula (Genus)
> recens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nucula (Linucula) Marwick, 1931
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Linucula) recens (Dell, 1956)
=Nucula recens (Dell, 1956)
Details: Linucula recens Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Width 6.4mm, Height 4mm, Thickness 2mm
Distribution:
Northern and eastern North Island, eastern South Island, Challenger Plateau and Chatham Rise, from 196-1289m
Type Data:
  • 610 metres, SW of Cape Foulwind, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
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.357)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 Some new off-shore Mollusca from New Zealand., Records of the Dominion Museum, 3(1) (p.27) 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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