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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Nucula (Genus)
> nitidulaformis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamellinucula Schenck, 1944
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) Schenck, 1944 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Nucula) nitidulaformis Powell, 1971 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Nucula nitidulaformis Powell, 1971
MA71327. Holotype. Trawled off Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
MA71327. Holotype. Trawled off Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
MA71327. Holotype. Trawled off Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
MA71327. Holotype. Trawled off Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Nucula (Genus)
> nitidulaformis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamellinucula Schenck, 1944
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) Schenck, 1944 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Nucula) nitidulaformis Powell, 1971 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Nucula nitidulaformis Powell, 1971
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.5mm, Width 4.8mm, Thickness 2.9mm
Distribution:
Bay of Plenty, North Island
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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