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Taxonomy
Family:
NEOLEPTONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Neoleptonidae (Family)
> Puyseguria (Genus)
> wanganuica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Puysegeria Powell, 1927
Images: Puyseguria wanganuica Powell, 1931
Holotype, collected Castlecliff, Wanganui, NZ. 1.2mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Castlecliff, Wanganui, NZ. 1.2mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
NEOLEPTONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Neoleptonidae (Family)
> Puyseguria (Genus)
> wanganuica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Puysegeria Powell, 1927
Details: Puyseguria wanganuica Powell, 1931
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.2mm, Width 0.8mm
Distribution:
Spirits Bay, south-western North Island, Cook Strait, south-eastern South Island, Foveaux Strait, and Stewart Island, from 0-180m
Type Data:
  • Castlecliff, Wanganui, NZ (Fossil), (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Maxwell, P.A. 2009 Cenozoic Mollusca, New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity, D.P. Gordon (ed), Canterbury University Press: Christchurch, N.Z, 1 (p.236)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1931 Waitotaran faunules of the Wanganui System: and descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the New Zealand Pliocene, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1 (p.110) 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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