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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Limatula (Genus)
> raoulica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Stabilima Iredale, 1939
=Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted, alternate representation
=Limatuletta Fleming, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Limatula (Limatula) powelli raoulica C. A. Fleming, 1978
=Limatula powelli raoulica Fleming, 1978
Images: Limatula raoulica Fleming, 1978
Holotype of Limatula (Limatula) powelli raoulica, collected 25 Oct 1975, NW of Fleetwood Bluff, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands (M.226928). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Limatula (Genus)
> raoulica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Stabilima Iredale, 1939
=Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted, alternate representation
=Limatuletta Fleming, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Limatula (Limatula) powelli raoulica C. A. Fleming, 1978
=Limatula powelli raoulica Fleming, 1978
Details: Limatula raoulica Fleming, 1978
Size/Grows to:
Height 5mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, from 100-219m
Type Data:
  • 135 metres, NW of Fleetwood Bluff, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (holotype of Limatula (Limatula) powelli raoulica Fleming, 1978, paratype)
  • 140-170 metres, SE of Nugent Island, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1996 Molluscan name-bearing types in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 9 (p.7)
  • Fleming, C.A. 1978 The bivalve genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the Southwest Pacific, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 8 (p.54) 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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