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Taxonomy
Family:
LASAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Lasaeidae (Family)
> Draculamya (Genus)
> minima (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Kellia (Kaneoha) minima Ponder, 1971 accepted, alternate representation
=Kellia minima Ponder, 1971
Images: Draculamya minima Ponder, 1971
Holotype, collected in 1963, off Oamaru, Northern Otago, NZ (M.021765). 1.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected in 1963, off Oamaru, Northern Otago, NZ (M.021765). 1.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LASAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Lasaeidae (Family)
> Draculamya (Genus)
> minima (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Kellia (Kaneoha) minima Ponder, 1971 accepted, alternate representation
=Kellia minima Ponder, 1971
Details: Draculamya minima Ponder, 1971
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.4mm, Height 1.2mm
Distribution:
Eastern South Island and Stewart Island, from 0-68m
Type Data:
  • 68 metres, Off Oamaru, NZ, (holotype)
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.393)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1971 Some New Zealand and subantarctic bivalves of the Cyamiacea and Leptonacea with descriptions of new taxa, Records of the Dominion Museum, 7 (p.132) 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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