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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)
> Puyseguria (Genus)
> tani (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Puysegeria Powell, 1927
Images: Puyseguria tani Powell, 1939
Holotype, collected Nov 1934, Old Neck Beach, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70653). 1.3mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Nov 1934, Old Neck Beach, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70653). 1.3mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
NEOLEPTONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Neoleptonidae (Family)
> Puyseguria (Genus)
> tani (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Puysegeria Powell, 1927
Details: Puyseguria tani Powell, 1939
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.3mm, Height 1.2mm
Distribution:
Stewart Island. In shell sand, from 0-55m
Type Data:
  • Old Neck Beach, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, 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.405)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1939 The Mollusca of Stewart Island., Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2 (p.225) 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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