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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:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 20-508m
Type Data:
  • Off South West Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype of Montacuta (Tellimya) vitrea aupouria Ponder, 1968)
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

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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