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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Austronucula (Genus)
> galatheae (Species)
Images: Austronucula galatheae Dell, 1956
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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Austronucula (Genus)
> galatheae (Species)
Details: Austronucula galatheae Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.7mm, Width 2.2mm, Thickness 1mm
Distribution:
Challenger Plateau, from 572-1760m
Type Data:
  • 610 metres, SW of Cape Foulwind, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
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.359)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 Some new off-shore Mollusca from New Zealand., Records of the Dominion Museum, 3(1) (p.30) 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