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Taxonomy
Family:
CUSPIDARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily)
> Cuspidariidae (Family)
> Pseudoneaera (Genus)
> wellmani (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cuspidaria (Pseudoneaera) Sturany, 1901
Synonymised Names:
=Austroneaera wellmani Fleming, 1948
Images: Pseudoneaera wellmani (Fleming, 1948)
Collected in 1969, in 30 fathoms, off Castlepoint, Hawkes Bay, NZ. Width 6mm
Collected in 1969, in 30 fathoms, off Castlepoint, Hawkes Bay, NZ. Width 6mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CUSPIDARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily)
> Cuspidariidae (Family)
> Pseudoneaera (Genus)
> wellmani (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cuspidaria (Pseudoneaera) Sturany, 1901
Synonymised Names:
=Austroneaera wellmani Fleming, 1948
Details: Pseudoneaera wellmani (Fleming, 1948)
Size/Grows to:
Width 7mm, Height 5mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands, and Chatham Rise, from 18-1006m
Type Data:
  • 33 metres, Cascade Cove, Dusky Sound, Fiordland, NZ, (holotype)
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.437)
  • Fleming, C.A. 1948 New Species and Genera of Marine Mollusca from the Southland Fiords, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 77(1) (p.82) 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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