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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Linucula (Genus)
> recens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nucula (Linucula) Marwick, 1931
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Linucula) recens (Dell, 1956)
=Nucula recens (Dell, 1956)
Images: Linucula recens Dell, 1956
Dredged Papanui Canyon, 500-600 metres, Otago, NZ. 6.4mm
Dredged Papanui Canyon, 500-600 metres, Otago, NZ. 6.4mm
Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Linucula (Genus)
> recens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nucula (Linucula) Marwick, 1931
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Linucula) recens (Dell, 1956)
=Nucula recens (Dell, 1956)
Details: Linucula recens Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Width 6.4mm, Height 4mm, Thickness 2mm
Distribution:
Off North, South Islands to Otago, Tasman Sea and Chatham Rise
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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
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