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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
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

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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