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Taxonomy
Family:
NEILONELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Neilonellidae (Family)
> Neilonella (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrotindaria Fleming, 1948
=Leda (Neilonella) Dall, 1881
=Leda (Saturnia) Seguenza, 1877
=Pseudoneilonella Laghi, 1986
=Pseudotindaria Sanders & Allen, 1977
=Saturnia Seguenza, 1877
=Tindaria (Neilonella) Dall, 1881
Synonymised Names:
=Austrotindaria benthicola Dell, 1956
Images: Neilonella benthicola (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Austrotindaria benthicola Dell, 1956, collected 03 Feb 1954, SE of Pitt Island, NZ (M.009759). 4.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Austrotindaria benthicola Dell, 1956, collected 03 Feb 1954, SE of Pitt Island, NZ (M.009759). 4.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
NEILONELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Neilonellidae (Family)
> Neilonella (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrotindaria Fleming, 1948
=Leda (Neilonella) Dall, 1881
=Leda (Saturnia) Seguenza, 1877
=Pseudoneilonella Laghi, 1986
=Pseudotindaria Sanders & Allen, 1977
=Saturnia Seguenza, 1877
=Tindaria (Neilonella) Dall, 1881
Synonymised Names:
=Austrotindaria benthicola Dell, 1956
Details: Neilonella benthicola (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Length 5mm, Height 3.2mm
Distribution:
Chatham Rise and southern Challenger Plateau, from 424-1023m
Type Data:
  • 600 metres, SE of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype of Austrotindaria benthicola Dell, 1956)
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.363)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.235) 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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