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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)
> Saccella (Genus)
> hedleyi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Leda (Saccella) Woodring, 1925
=Ledina Sacco, 1898
=Nuculana (Saccella) Woodring, 1925
=Scaeoleda Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Jupiteria zealedaformis Dell, 1953
=Leda fastidiosa A. Adams, 1856 sensu Martens, 1873
=Nuculana (Saccella) hedleyi Fleming, 1951
=Nuculana hedleyi Fleming, 1951
=Saccella hedleyi morioria Dell, 1956
Images: Saccella hedleyi (Fleming, 1951)
Holotype of Saccella hedleyi morioria Dell, 1956, collected 23 Jan 1954, western Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009269). 8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Saccella hedleyi morioria Dell, 1956, collected 23 Jan 1954, western Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009269). 8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Jupiteria zealedaformis, collected 4/11/1950, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.005688). 3.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Jupiteria zealedaformis, collected 4/11/1950, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.005688). 3.5mm. © 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)
> Saccella (Genus)
> hedleyi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Leda (Saccella) Woodring, 1925
=Ledina Sacco, 1898
=Nuculana (Saccella) Woodring, 1925
=Scaeoleda Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Jupiteria zealedaformis Dell, 1953
=Leda fastidiosa A. Adams, 1856 sensu Martens, 1873
=Nuculana (Saccella) hedleyi Fleming, 1951
=Nuculana hedleyi Fleming, 1951
=Saccella hedleyi morioria Dell, 1956
Details: Saccella hedleyi (Fleming, 1951)
Size/Grows to:
Length 8.2mm, Height 5mm, Thickness 4mm
Distribution:
Northern and south-western North Island, eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 110-657m
Type Data:
  • 200 metres, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype)
  • 370 metres, Chatham Rise, NZ, (holotype of Saccella hedleyi morioria Dell, 1956)
  • 530 metres, Chatham Rise, NZ, (paratype of Saccella hedleyi morioria Dell, 1956)
  • 360 metres, Chatham Rise, NZ, (holotype of Jupiteria zealedaformis Dell, 1953)
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.359)
  • Fleming, C.A. 1951 Some Australasian Mollusca in the British Museum (Natural History), Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 79(1) (p.128) 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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