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Taxonomy
Family:
MATHILDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Mathildoidea (Superfamily)
> Mathildidae (Family)
> Mathilda (Genus)
> decorata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eucharilda Iredale, 1929
=Fimbriatella Sacco, 1895
=Granulicharilda Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
=Mathildona Iredale, 1929
=Opimilda Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Mathildona euglypta Iredale, 1929
=Opimilda decorata (Hedley, 1903)
=Opimilda decorata aupouria Dell, 1956
Images: Mathilda decorata Hedley, 1903
Holotype of Opimilda decorata aupouria, collected 8 Sep 1914, N of North Cape, NZ (M.008205). 3.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
MATHILDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Mathildoidea (Superfamily)
> Mathildidae (Family)
> Mathilda (Genus)
> decorata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eucharilda Iredale, 1929
=Fimbriatella Sacco, 1895
=Granulicharilda Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
=Mathildona Iredale, 1929
=Opimilda Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Mathildona euglypta Iredale, 1929
=Opimilda decorata (Hedley, 1903)
=Opimilda decorata aupouria Dell, 1956
Details: Mathilda decorata Hedley, 1903
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.5mm, Width 1.6mm
Distribution:
South-west Pacific. Off North Cape, from 37-137m
Type Data:
  • 140 metres, off North Cape, NZ, (holotype of Opimilda decorata aupouria Dell, 1956)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.250)
  • Hedley, C. 1903 Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. 'Thetis' off the coast of New South Wales, in February and March, 1896. Mollusca. Part II. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda., Memoirs of the Australian Museum, 4 (p.352) 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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