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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NUCULANIDAE: NUCULANINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculanidae (Family)
> Nuculaninae (Subfamily)
> Jupiteria (Genus)
> manawatawhia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Leda (Jupiteria) Bellardi, 1875
=Nuculana (Jupiteria) Bellardi, 1875
=Teretileda Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Nuculana (Jupiteria) manawatawhia Powell, 1937
=Nuculana manawatawhia Powell, 1937
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NUCULANIDAE: NUCULANINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculanidae (Family)
> Nuculaninae (Subfamily)
> Jupiteria (Genus)
> manawatawhia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Leda (Jupiteria) Bellardi, 1875
=Nuculana (Jupiteria) Bellardi, 1875
=Teretileda Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Nuculana (Jupiteria) manawatawhia Powell, 1937
=Nuculana manawatawhia Powell, 1937
Details: Jupiteria manawatawhia (Powell, 1937)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.2mm, Height 2.9mm, Thickness 2mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings and Poor Knights Islands, Ranfurly Bank, and northern Challenger Plateau, from 63-805m
Type Data:
  • 260 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.359)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.164) 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