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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 Fleming, 1948
=Leda (Neilonella) Dall, 1881
=Leda (Saturnia) Seguenza, 1877
=Pseudoneilonella Laghi, 1986
=Pseudotindaria Sanders & Allen, 1977
=Saturnia Seguenza, 1877
=Tindaria (Neilonella) Dall, 1881
Synonymised Names:
=Austrotindaria wrighti 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 Fleming, 1948
=Leda (Neilonella) Dall, 1881
=Leda (Saturnia) Seguenza, 1877
=Pseudoneilonella Laghi, 1986
=Pseudotindaria Sanders & Allen, 1977
=Saturnia Seguenza, 1877
=Tindaria (Neilonella) Dall, 1881
Synonymised Names:
=Austrotindaria wrighti Fleming, 1948
Details: Neilonella wrighti (Fleming, 1948)
Size/Grows to:
Length 3.6mm, Height 2.7mm
Distribution:
North Island, western and north-eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 70-785m
Notes:
Marine, Native - 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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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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