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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Nucula (Genus)
> nitidula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamellinucula Schenck, 1944
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) Schenck, 1944 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Nucula) nitidula A. Adams, 1856 accepted, alternate representation
=Nucula castanea A. Adams, 1856
Images: Nucula nitidula A. Adams, 1856
10 metres, in sand, Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. 8mm
10 metres, in sand, Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. 8mm
Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Nucula (Genus)
> nitidula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamellinucula Schenck, 1944
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) Schenck, 1944 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Nucula) nitidula A. Adams, 1856 accepted, alternate representation
=Nucula castanea A. Adams, 1856
Details: Nucula nitidula A. Adams, 1856
Size/Grows to:
Height 8mm, Width 8mm, Thickness 4.5mm
Distribution:
Throughout NZ. Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFMAn
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.356)
  • Adams, A. 1856 Descriptions of thirty four new species of bivalve Mollusca (Leda, Nucula, and Pythina) from the Cumingian collection, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 24 (p.51) Original Description

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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