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Taxonomy
Family:
YOLDIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Yoldiidae (Family)
> Yoldiella (Genus)
> hamiltoni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Portlandia (Yoldiella) A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Yoldia (Yoldiella) A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
Synonymised Names:
=Ovaleda hamiltoni Powell, 1935
Images: Yoldiella hamiltoni (Powell, 1935)
collected NE of Kaingaroa, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.144628). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
YOLDIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Yoldiidae (Family)
> Yoldiella (Genus)
> hamiltoni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Portlandia (Yoldiella) A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Yoldia (Yoldiella) A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
Synonymised Names:
=Ovaleda hamiltoni Powell, 1935
Details: Yoldiella hamiltoni (Powell, 1935)
Size/Grows to:
Length 4.8mm, Height 3.8mm
Distribution:
Northern North Island, South Island and Chatham Islands, from 198-604m
Type Data:
  • Off Five Fingers Point, Resolution Island, Dusky Sound, Fiordland, 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)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1935 New recent and Tertiary Nuculanidae from New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 21 (p.252) 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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