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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NUCULANIDAE: LEDELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculanidae (Family)
> Ledellinae (Subfamily)
> Ledella (Genus)
> herdmani (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphilata Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Comitileda Iredale, 1924
=Junonia Seguenza, 1877
=Leda (Ledella) A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Ledaspina Marwick, 1931
=Magaleda Iredale, 1929
=Nuculana (Ledella) A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Prashadia Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Zealeda Marwick, 1924
Images: Ledella herdmani Dell, 1953
Collected 21 Feb 1979, Pegasus Canyon wall, NE of Banks Peninsula, NZ (M.071334). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 21 Feb 1979, Pegasus Canyon wall, NE of Banks Peninsula, NZ (M.071334). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 4 Nov 1950, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.005656). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 4 Nov 1950, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.005656). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NUCULANIDAE: LEDELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculanidae (Family)
> Ledellinae (Subfamily)
> Ledella (Genus)
> herdmani (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphilata Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Comitileda Iredale, 1924
=Junonia Seguenza, 1877
=Leda (Ledella) A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Ledaspina Marwick, 1931
=Magaleda Iredale, 1929
=Nuculana (Ledella) A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Prashadia Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Zealeda Marwick, 1924
Details: Ledella herdmani Dell, 1953
Size/Grows to:
Length 2.5mm, Height 1.8mm
Distribution:
East Cape to Otago and Chatham Rise
Type Data:
  • 360 metres, Chatham Rise, 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.361)
  • Dell, R.K. 1953 A molluscan fauna from the Chatham Rise, New Zealand., Records of the Dominion Museum, 2(1) (p.39) 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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