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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Limatula (Genus)
> vigilis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Stabilima Iredale, 1939
=Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted, alternate representation
=Limatuletta Fleming, 1978
Images: Limatula vigilis Fleming, 1978
Collected 1 Sep 1976, off Taieri, S of Dunedin, NZ (M.131816). 7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Limatula (Genus)
> vigilis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Stabilima Iredale, 1939
=Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted, alternate representation
=Limatuletta Fleming, 1978
Details: Limatula vigilis Fleming, 1978
Size/Grows to:
Height 7.5mm, Width 4.5mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, southern South Island, Stewart, Auckland, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 23-805m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Fleming, C.A. 1978 The bivalve genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the Southwest Pacific, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 8 (p.58) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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