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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Nucula (Genus)
> rossiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamellinucula Schenck, 1944
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) Schenck, 1944 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) rossiana Finlay, 1930 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Nucula rossiana Finlay, 1930
Holotype, collected pre 1930, North Harbour, Auckland Islands, NZ (MA70555). ~3mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected pre 1930, North Harbour, Auckland Islands, NZ (MA70555). ~3mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Nucula (Genus)
> rossiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamellinucula Schenck, 1944
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) Schenck, 1944 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Nucula (Lamellinucula) rossiana Finlay, 1930 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Nucula rossiana Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.8mm, Height 5mm
Distribution:
South-western South Island, Stewart, Auckland, Campbell and Bounty Islands, from 8-183m
Type Data:
  • North Harbour ('Faith Harbour'), Auckland Islands, NZ, (holotype)
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)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.242) 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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