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Taxonomy
Family:
NEOLEPTONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Neoleptonidae (Family)
> Neolepton (Genus)
> antipodum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Kellia antipoda Filhol, 1880
=Kellia citrina Hutton, 1883
=Kellia sanguinea Hutton, 1883
=Neolepton sanguineum (Hutton, 1883)
=Notolepton antipodum (Filhol, 1880)
=Notolepton turneri Laws, 1950
Images: Neolepton antipodum (Filhol, 1880)
Dredged in 60 metres, Between Taiaroa Head and Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 2.1mm. © rights reserved
Dredged in 60 metres, Between Taiaroa Head and Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 2.1mm. © rights reserved
Dredged in 60 metres, Between Taiaroa Head and Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 2.5mm. © rights reserved
Dredged in 60 metres, Between Taiaroa Head and Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 2.5mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
NEOLEPTONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Neoleptonidae (Family)
> Neolepton (Genus)
> antipodum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Kellia antipoda Filhol, 1880
=Kellia citrina Hutton, 1883
=Kellia sanguinea Hutton, 1883
=Neolepton sanguineum (Hutton, 1883)
=Notolepton antipodum (Filhol, 1880)
=Notolepton turneri Laws, 1950
Details: Neolepton antipodum (Filhol, 1880)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.6mm, Height 3mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island as far north as Otago Peninsula, and Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-980m
Type Data:
  • Campbell Island, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic, Recorded from the intertidal zone (living on Corallina) down to at least 310m
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.213)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.403)

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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