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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)
> wolffi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Leda (Jupiteria) Bellardi, 1875
=Nuculana (Jupiteria) Bellardi, 1875
=Teretileda Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Nuculana (Jupiteria) delliana M. Huber, 2010
=Nuculana (Jupiteria) wolffi (Dell, 1956)
=Nuculana delliana M. Huber, 2010
Images: Jupiteria wolffi Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected SE of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009758). 8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected SE of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009758). 8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NUCULANIDAE: NUCULANINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculanidae (Family)
> Nuculaninae (Subfamily)
> Jupiteria (Genus)
> wolffi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Leda (Jupiteria) Bellardi, 1875
=Nuculana (Jupiteria) Bellardi, 1875
=Teretileda Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Nuculana (Jupiteria) delliana M. Huber, 2010
=Nuculana (Jupiteria) wolffi (Dell, 1956)
=Nuculana delliana M. Huber, 2010
Details: Jupiteria wolffi Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Length 8mm, Height 5mm
Distribution:
Northern and south-eastern North Island, eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 256-660m
Type Data:
  • 285 metres, SE of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype)
  • 600 metres, SE of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ, (paratype)
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)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.13) 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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