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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Pronucula (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nucula (Pronucula) Hedley, 1902
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Pronucula) maoria (Powell, 1937)
=Nucula maoria (Powell, 1937)
Images: Pronucula maoria Powell, 1937
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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Pronucula (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nucula (Pronucula) Hedley, 1902
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Pronucula) maoria (Powell, 1937)
=Nucula maoria (Powell, 1937)
Details: Pronucula maoria Powell, 1937
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.5mm, Width 1.8mm, Thickness 1.1mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, and off Spirits Bay, from 48-252m
Type Data:
  • 260 metres, off Three Kings Islands, 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.357)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.163) 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