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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)
> finlayi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphilata Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Comitileda Iredale, 1924
=Junonia Seguenza, 1877
=Leda (Ledella) A. E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Ledaspina Marwick, 1931
=Magaleda Iredale, 1929
=Nuculana (Ledella) A. E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Prashadia Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Zealeda Marwick, 1924
Synonymised Names:
=Yoldiella finlayi (Powell, 1935)
Images: Ledella finlayi Powell, 1935
Holotype, collected off North Cape, NZ (MA70391). 4mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected off North Cape, NZ (MA70391). 4mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NUCULANIDAE: LEDELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculanidae (Family)
> Ledellinae (Subfamily)
> Ledella (Genus)
> finlayi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphilata Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Comitileda Iredale, 1924
=Junonia Seguenza, 1877
=Leda (Ledella) A. E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Ledaspina Marwick, 1931
=Magaleda Iredale, 1929
=Nuculana (Ledella) A. E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Prashadia Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Zealeda Marwick, 1924
Synonymised Names:
=Yoldiella finlayi (Powell, 1935)
Details: Ledella finlayi Powell, 1935
Size/Grows to:
Length 4.5mm, Height 3mm
Distribution:
Northern and far southern North Island, eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 168-725m
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.360)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1935 New recent and Tertiary Nuculanidae from New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 21 (p.254) Original Description

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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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