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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:
Off North Cape, trawled 140 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)
  • 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

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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
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