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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)
> Tellimya (Genus)
> aupouria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Decipula Jeffreys, 1876
=Montacuta (Tellimya) T. Brown, 1827
Synonymised Names:
=Montacuta (Tellimya) vitrea aupouria Ponder, 1968 (original combination)
=Montacuta vitrea aupouria Ponder, 1968
=Tellimya vitrea aupouria (Ponder, 1968)
Images: Tellimya aupouria (Ponder, 1968)
Holotype of Montacuta (Tellimya) vitrea aupouria Ponder, 1968, collected South West Island, NZ (M.021771). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Montacuta (Tellimya) vitrea aupouria Ponder, 1968, collected South West Island, NZ (M.021771). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Montacuta (Tellimya) vitrea aupouria Ponder, 1968, collected South West Island, NZ (M.021771). 5mm. © 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)
> Tellimya (Genus)
> aupouria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Decipula Jeffreys, 1876
=Montacuta (Tellimya) T. Brown, 1827
Synonymised Names:
=Montacuta (Tellimya) vitrea aupouria Ponder, 1968 (original combination)
=Montacuta vitrea aupouria Ponder, 1968
=Tellimya vitrea aupouria (Ponder, 1968)
Details: Tellimya aupouria (Ponder, 1968)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5mm, Height 3.1mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands and off Northland East Coast
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Huber, M. 2015 Compendium of Bivalves 2, ConchBooks: Harxheim, Germany (p.522)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.395)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1968 Three commensal Bivalves from New Zealand, Records of the Dominion Museum, 6(9) (p.127) Original Description

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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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