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Taxonomy
Family:
PSAMMOBIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Psammobiidae (Family)
> Hiatula (Genus)
> nitida (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hiatula (Hiatula) Modeer, 1793
=Psammotella H. & A. Adams, 1856
=Sanguinolaria (Soletellina) Blainville, 1824
=Solenotellina P. Fischer, 1887
=Soletellina Blainville, 1824
Synonymised Names:
=Psammobia nitida Gray, 1843
=Soletellina nitida Reeve, 1857
=Soletellina nitida (Gray, 1843)
=Soletellina siliqua Reeve, 1857
Images: Hiatula nitida (Gray, 1843)
In beach drift, Ngunguru, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 39mm. © rights reserved
In beach drift, Ngunguru, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 39mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
PSAMMOBIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Psammobiidae (Family)
> Hiatula (Genus)
> nitida (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hiatula (Hiatula) Modeer, 1793
=Psammotella H. & A. Adams, 1856
=Sanguinolaria (Soletellina) Blainville, 1824
=Solenotellina P. Fischer, 1887
=Soletellina Blainville, 1824
Synonymised Names:
=Psammobia nitida Gray, 1843
=Soletellina nitida Reeve, 1857
=Soletellina nitida (Gray, 1843)
=Soletellina siliqua Reeve, 1857
Details: Hiatula nitida (Gray, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Length 50mm, Height 25mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Low tide level to a few metres, from 0-15m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Willan, R.C. 1993 Taxonomic revision of the family Psammobiidae (Bivalvia: Tellinoidea) in the Australian and New Zealand region, Records of the Australian Museum (p.83)
  • Gardner, N.W. May/1979 Our fragile Bivalves of the Genus Soletellina Blainville, 1824, Poirieria, 10(2) (p.22)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.418)
  • Gray, J.E. 1843 Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species, Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, 2 (p.253) 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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