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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Nucula (Genus)
> nitidulaformis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamellinucula Schenck, 1944
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) Schenck, 1944 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Nucula) nitidulaformis Powell, 1971 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Nucula nitidulaformis Powell, 1971
MA71327. Holotype. Trawled off Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
MA71327. Holotype. Trawled off Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
MA71327. Holotype. Trawled off Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
MA71327. Holotype. Trawled off Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Nucula (Genus)
> nitidulaformis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamellinucula Schenck, 1944
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) Schenck, 1944 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Nucula) nitidulaformis Powell, 1971 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Nucula nitidulaformis Powell, 1971
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.5mm, Width 4.8mm, Thickness 2.9mm
Distribution:
Bay of Plenty, North Island
Type Data:
  • 350-475 metres, off Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.356)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1971 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 7, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 8 (p.227) 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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