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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)
> Neolepton (Genus)
> triangulare (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Notolepton triangulare Dell, 1956 (original combination)
Images: Neolepton triangulare (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Notolepton triangulare, collected 7 Feb 1954, NE of Kaingaroa, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009754). 2.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Notolepton triangulare, collected 7 Feb 1954, NE of Kaingaroa, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009754). 2.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
NEOLEPTONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Neoleptonidae (Family)
> Neolepton (Genus)
> triangulare (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Notolepton triangulare Dell, 1956 (original combination)
Details: Neolepton triangulare (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.6mm, Height 2.3mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, North Island, northern and eastern South Island, Chatham Islands and Chatham Rise, from 0-604m
Type Data:
  • 220-230 metres, NE of Kaingaroa, Chatham Rise, NZ, (holotype of Notolepton triangulare Dell, 1956)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.404)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (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
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