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Taxonomy
Family:
MALLETIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Malletiidae (Family)
> Neilo (Genus)
> annectens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Malletia (Neilo) A. A. Adams, 1854
=Neilo (Neilo) A. A. Adams, 1854 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Neilo rugata Dell, 1956
Images: Neilo annectens Powell, 1931
Pegasus Canyon 620 metres, off Lyttelton. 46mm. © rights reserved
Pegasus Canyon 620 metres, off Lyttelton. 46mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Neilo rugata, collected 2 Mar 1954, Saunders Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ (M.009202). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Neilo rugata, collected 2 Mar 1954, Saunders Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ (M.009202). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
MALLETIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Malletiidae (Family)
> Neilo (Genus)
> annectens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Malletia (Neilo) A. A. Adams, 1854
=Neilo (Neilo) A. A. Adams, 1854 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Neilo rugata Dell, 1956
Details: Neilo annectens Powell, 1931
Size/Grows to:
Length 42mm, Height 22mm
Distribution:
Cook Strait and eastern South Island as far south as Otago Peninsula, from 165-699m
Type Data:
  • 550 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, NE of Otago Peninsula, NZ, (holotype)
  • 550 metres, edge of Saunders Canyon, off Otago Head, NZ, (holotype of Neilo rugata Dell, 1956, paratype of Neilo rugata 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.362)
  • Marshall, B.A. Sep/1978 The genus Neilo in New Zealand (Mollusca: Bivalvia), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 5(3) (p.426)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1931 Waitotaran faunules of the Wanganui System: and descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the New Zealand Pliocene, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1 (p.92) 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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