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Taxonomy
Family:
MALLETIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Malletiidae (Family)
> Malletia (Genus)
> aoteana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Neilo (Pseudomalletia) P. Fischer, 1886
=Pseudomalletia P. Fischer, 1886
Synonymised Names:
=Neilo (Pseudomalletia) aoteana B.A. Marshall, 1978 (original combination)
=Neilo aoteana B.A. Marshall, 1978
=Pseudomalletia aoteana (B.A. Marshall, 1978)
Images: Malletia aoteana (B.A. Marshall, 1978)
Holotype of Neilo (Pseudomalletia) aoteana B. Marshall, 1978, collected 18 Mar 1976, SW of Kaikoura Peninsula, upper Kaikoura Canyon, NZ (M.058366). 14mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Neilo (Pseudomalletia) aoteana B. Marshall, 1978, collected 18 Mar 1976, SW of Kaikoura Peninsula, upper Kaikoura Canyon, NZ (M.058366). 14mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
MALLETIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Malletiidae (Family)
> Malletia (Genus)
> aoteana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Neilo (Pseudomalletia) P. Fischer, 1886
=Pseudomalletia P. Fischer, 1886
Synonymised Names:
=Neilo (Pseudomalletia) aoteana B.A. Marshall, 1978 (original combination)
=Neilo aoteana B.A. Marshall, 1978
=Pseudomalletia aoteana (B.A. Marshall, 1978)
Details: Malletia aoteana (B.A. Marshall, 1978)
Size/Grows to:
Length 14mm, Height 8.5mm
Distribution:
South-eastern North Island, north-eastern South Island and western Chatham Rise, in mud, from 446-1549m
Type Data:
  • 1100 metres, Upper Kaikoura Canyon, off Kaikoura, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. Sep/1978 The genus Neilo in New Zealand (Mollusca: Bivalvia), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 5(3) (p.432) 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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