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Taxonomy
Family:
NEILONELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Neilonellidae (Family)
> Neilonella (Genus)
> wrighti (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrotindaria C.A. Fleming, 1948
=Leda (Neilonella) Dall, 1881
=Leda (Saturnia) G. Seguenza, 1877
=Pseudoneilonella Laghi, 1986
=Pseudotindaria Sanders & Allen, 1977
=Saturnia G. Seguenza, 1877
=Tindaria (Neilonella) Dall, 1881
Synonymised Names:
=Austrotindaria wrighti C.A. Fleming, 1948
Images: Neilonella wrighti (Fleming, 1948)
Collected 31 May 1997, Utah Basin floor, Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, NZ (M.138614). 3.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
NEILONELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Neilonellidae (Family)
> Neilonella (Genus)
> wrighti (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrotindaria C.A. Fleming, 1948
=Leda (Neilonella) Dall, 1881
=Leda (Saturnia) G. Seguenza, 1877
=Pseudoneilonella Laghi, 1986
=Pseudotindaria Sanders & Allen, 1977
=Saturnia G. Seguenza, 1877
=Tindaria (Neilonella) Dall, 1881
Synonymised Names:
=Austrotindaria wrighti C.A. Fleming, 1948
Details: Neilonella wrighti (Fleming, 1948)
Size/Grows to:
Length 3.6mm, Height 2.7mm
Distribution:
Off North, South and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFME.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Huber, M. 2015 Compendium of Bivalves 2, ConchBooks: Harxheim, Germany (p.540)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.363)
  • Fleming, C.A. 1948 New Species and Genera of Marine Mollusca from the Southland Fiords, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 77(1) (p.73) Original Description

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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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