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Taxonomy
Family:
YOLDIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Yoldiidae (Family)
> Yoldiella (Genus)
> librata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Portlandia (Yoldiella) A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Yoldia (Yoldiella) A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
Synonymised Names:
=Ledella librata Dell, 1952
Images: Yoldiella librata (Dell, 1952)
Holotype of Ledella liberata, collected in 536 metres Challenger Plateau, W of NZ (M.005547). 3.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Ledella liberata, collected in 536 metres Challenger Plateau, W of NZ (M.005547). 3.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
YOLDIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Yoldiidae (Family)
> Yoldiella (Genus)
> librata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Portlandia (Yoldiella) A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Yoldia (Yoldiella) A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
Synonymised Names:
=Ledella librata Dell, 1952
Details: Yoldiella librata (Dell, 1952)
Size/Grows to:
Length 3.1mm, Height 1.9mm
Distribution:
Northern Challenger Plateau and West Norfolk Ridge, from 536-785m
Type Data:
  • 540 metres, Challenger Plateau, W of North Island, NZ, (holotype of Ledella librata Dell, 1952, 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.361)
  • Dell, R.K. 1952 A deep water molluscan fauna from the Tasman Sea, Dominion Museum Records in Zoology, 1(10) (p.102) 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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