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Taxonomy
Family:
MALLETIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Malletiidae (Family)
> Neilo (Genus)
> australis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Malletia (Neilo) A. A. Adams, 1854
=Neilo (Neilo) A. A. Adams, 1854 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Ctenoconcha navicula Valenciennes, 1846
=Neilo cumingii A. Adams, 1854
=Nucula australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 (original combination)
Images: Neilo australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Dredged off Nelson, NZ. 30mm. © rights reserved
Dredged off Nelson, NZ. 30mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
MALLETIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Malletiidae (Family)
> Neilo (Genus)
> australis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Malletia (Neilo) A. A. Adams, 1854
=Neilo (Neilo) A. A. Adams, 1854 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Ctenoconcha navicula Valenciennes, 1846
=Neilo cumingii A. Adams, 1854
=Nucula australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 (original combination)
Details: Neilo australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Size/Grows to:
Length 42mm, Height 21mm
Distribution:
North Island, northern, south-western and eastern (Banks Peninsula) South Island, and Stewart Island, from 6-448m
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)

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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