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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) Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Yoldia (Yoldiella) 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) Verrill & Bush, 1897
=Yoldia (Yoldiella) 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
Geographical Range:
A
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. 1950 Notes on the taxonomy and distribution of some New Zealand Mollusca with description of four new species, Dominion Museum Records in Zoology, 1(3) (p.23) Original Description

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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