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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. © rights reserved
10 metres, in sand, Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. 8mm. © rights reserved
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:
Three Kings, North, South and Stewart Islands and Mernoo Bank, from 0-430m
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

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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