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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Limatula (Genus)
> aupouria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Stabilima Iredale, 1939
=Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted, alternate representation
=Limatuletta Fleming, 1978
Images: Limatula aupouria Powell, 1937
Collected 15 Jul 1962, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.017536). 2.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Limatula (Genus)
> aupouria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Stabilima Iredale, 1939
=Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted, alternate representation
=Limatuletta Fleming, 1978
Details: Limatula aupouria Powell, 1937
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.6mm, Height 2.4mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, and Three Kings Islands, from 23-805m
Type Data:
  • 260 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
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.382)
  • Fleming, C.A. 1978 The bivalve genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the Southwest Pacific, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 8 (p.80)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.168) 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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