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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Nucula (Genus)
> dunedinensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamellinucula Schenck, 1944
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) Schenck, 1944 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Lamellinucula dunedinensis (Finlay, 1928)
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) dunedinensis Finlay, 1928 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Nucula dunedinensis (Finlay, 1928)
Holotype, collected in 5 metres, Dunedin Harbour, Otago, NZ (MA70552). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 5 metres, Dunedin Harbour, Otago, NZ (MA70552). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 5 metres, Dunedin Harbour, Otago, NZ (MA70552). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 5 metres, Dunedin Harbour, Otago, NZ (MA70552). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected 3 Sep 1963, Otago Harbour, NZ (M.143968). 2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 3 Sep 1963, Otago Harbour, NZ (M.143968). 2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Nucula (Genus)
> dunedinensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamellinucula Schenck, 1944
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) Schenck, 1944 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Lamellinucula dunedinensis (Finlay, 1928)
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) dunedinensis Finlay, 1928 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Nucula dunedinensis (Finlay, 1928)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.8mm, Width 2mm
Distribution:
South Island, Fiordland to Otago, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
FM
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.355)
  • Finlay, H. 1928 The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 59 (p.262) 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