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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NUCULANIDAE: LEDELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculanidae (Family)
> Ledellinae (Subfamily)
> Ledella (Genus)
> herdmani (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphilata Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Comitileda Iredale, 1924
=Junonia G. Seguenza, 1877
=Leda (Ledella) Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Ledaspina Marwick, 1931
=Magaleda Iredale, 1929
=Nuculana (Ledella) Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Prashadia Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Zealeda Marwick, 1924
Images: Ledella herdmani Dell, 1953
Collected 21 Feb 1979, Pegasus Canyon wall, NE of Banks Peninsula, NZ (M.071334). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 21 Feb 1979, Pegasus Canyon wall, NE of Banks Peninsula, NZ (M.071334). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 4 Nov 1950, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.005656). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 4 Nov 1950, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.005656). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NUCULANIDAE: LEDELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculanidae (Family)
> Ledellinae (Subfamily)
> Ledella (Genus)
> herdmani (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphilata Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Comitileda Iredale, 1924
=Junonia G. Seguenza, 1877
=Leda (Ledella) Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Ledaspina Marwick, 1931
=Magaleda Iredale, 1929
=Nuculana (Ledella) Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Prashadia Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Zealeda Marwick, 1924
Details: Ledella herdmani Dell, 1953
Size/Grows to:
Length 2.5mm, Height 1.8mm
Distribution:
East Cape to Otago and Chatham Rise
Geographical Range:
M
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.361)
  • Dell, R.K. 1953 A molluscan fauna from the Chatham Rise, New Zealand., Records of the Dominion Museum, 2(1) (p.39) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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