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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Linucula (Genus)
> hartvigiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nucula (Linucula) Marwick, 1931
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) hartvigiana Dohrn, 1864
=Nucula hartvigiana Dohrn, 1864
=Nucula lacunosa Hutton, 1884
=Nucula sulcata A. Adams, 1856 (invalid: junior homonym)
Images: Linucula hartvigiana (Dohrn, 1864)
On Zostera flats, Parengarenga Harbour, Far North, NZ. 7mm. © rights reserved
On Zostera flats, Parengarenga Harbour, Far North, NZ. 7mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Linucula (Genus)
> hartvigiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nucula (Linucula) Marwick, 1931
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) hartvigiana Dohrn, 1864
=Nucula hartvigiana Dohrn, 1864
=Nucula lacunosa Hutton, 1884
=Nucula sulcata A. Adams, 1856 (invalid: junior homonym)
Details: Linucula hartvigiana (Dohrn, 1864)
Size/Grows to:
Width 8mm, Height 7mm, Thickness 5.6mm
Distribution:
North Island and northern South Island, from 0-100m
Notes:
Nut Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic, Common on Zostera, sea-grass flats
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.356)

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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