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Taxonomy
Family:
MATHILDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Mathildoidea (Superfamily)
> Mathildidae (Family)
> Mathilda (Genus)
> maoria (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:
=Opimilda maoria Powell, 1940
Images: Mathilda maoria (Powell, 1940)
Holotype, collected in 260 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA72108). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
MATHILDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Mathildoidea (Superfamily)
> Mathildidae (Family)
> Mathilda (Genus)
> maoria (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:
=Opimilda maoria Powell, 1940
Details: Mathilda maoria (Powell, 1940)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3mm, Width 2mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands, 255 metres
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.250)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1940 The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 (p.230) Original Description

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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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil