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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Varinucula (Genus)
> gallinacea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nucula (Varinucula) Maxwell, 1988 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Varinucula) gallinacea Finlay, 1930
=Nucula gallinacea Finlay, 1930 (original combination)
Images: Varinucula gallinacea (Finlay, 1930)
MA70553. Holotype. Off Hen and Chickens Islands, Northland. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
MA70553. Holotype. Off Hen and Chickens Islands, Northland. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
MA70553. Holotype. Off Hen and Chickens Islands, Northland. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
MA70553. Holotype. Off Hen and Chickens Islands, Northland. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Varinucula (Genus)
> gallinacea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nucula (Varinucula) Maxwell, 1988 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Varinucula) gallinacea Finlay, 1930
=Nucula gallinacea Finlay, 1930 (original combination)
Details: Varinucula gallinacea (Finlay, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Width 9.8mm, Height 8.7mm, Thickness 4mm
Distribution:
North Island, eastern and south-western South Island and Chatham Islands, from 15-459m
Type Data:
  • 46 metres, off Hen & Chicken Islands, Hauraki Gulf, 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.356)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.243) 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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