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Taxonomy
Family:
MALLETIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Malletiidae (Family)
> Neilo (Genus)
> wairoana delli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Malletia (Neilo) A. A. Adams, 1854
=Neilo (Neilo) A. A. Adams, 1854 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Neilo delli B.A. Marshall, 1978
Images: Neilo wairoana delli B.A. Marshall, 1978
Holotype, collected 18 Mar 1976, head of Pegasus Canyon, Pegasus Bay, NE of Banks Peninsula, NZ (M.058365). 32mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 18 Mar 1976, head of Pegasus Canyon, Pegasus Bay, NE of Banks Peninsula, NZ (M.058365). 32mm. © 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)
> wairoana delli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Malletia (Neilo) A. A. Adams, 1854
=Neilo (Neilo) A. A. Adams, 1854 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Neilo delli B.A. Marshall, 1978
Details: Neilo wairoana delli B.A. Marshall, 1978
Size/Grows to:
Length 32mm, Height 16mm
Distribution:
Northern and southern North Island, north-eastern and southern South Island and Chatham Rise. In mud, from 188-1006m
Type Data:
  • 550-600 metres, off Waiau River mouth, S of Kaikoura, NZ, (paratype)
  • 500-650 metres, off Waiau River, S of Kaikoura, NZ, (paratype)
  • 310-360 metres, Head of Pegasus Canyon, NE of Banks Peninsula, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
  • 500 metres, Chatham Rise, NZ, (paratype)
  • 530-590 metres, Head of Karitane Canyon, off Taiaroa Head, NZ, (paratype)
  • 550 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, NE of Otago Peninsula, NZ, (paratype of Neilo wairoana delli B.A. Marshall, 1978)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. Sep/1978 The genus Neilo in New Zealand (Mollusca: Bivalvia), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 5(3) (p.428) 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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