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Taxonomy
Family:
YOLDIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Yoldiidae (Family)
> Yoldiella (Genus)
> powelli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Portlandia (Yoldiella) A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Yoldia (Yoldiella) A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
Synonymised Names:
=Ovaleda powelli Dell, 1950
Images: Yoldiella powelli (Dell, 1950)
Holotype of Ovaleda powelli, collected in 179 metres, off Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.004722). 4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Ovaleda powelli, collected in 179 metres, off Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.004722). 4mm. © 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)
> powelli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Portlandia (Yoldiella) A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Yoldia (Yoldiella) A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1897
Synonymised Names:
=Ovaleda powelli Dell, 1950
Details: Yoldiella powelli (Dell, 1950)
Size/Grows to:
Length 4.4mm, Height 3.2mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands and Northland
Type Data:
  • 180 metres, S of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype of Ovaleda powelli Dell, 1950)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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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