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Taxonomy
Family: LASAEIDAE Full Classification: Genus Synonyms: =Decipula Jeffreys, 1876 =Montacuta (Tellimya) T. Brown, 1827 Synonymised Names: =Scintillona benthicola Dell, 1956 |
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Taxonomy
Family: LASAEIDAE Full Classification: Genus Synonyms: =Decipula Jeffreys, 1876 =Montacuta (Tellimya) T. Brown, 1827 Synonymised Names: =Scintillona benthicola Dell, 1956 |
Details: Tellimya benthicola Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Length 3.6mm, Height 2.5mm
Distribution:
Bay of Plenty, eastern South Island and Chatham Islands, from 137-604m
Type Data:
- 600 metres, SE of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
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References and Publications
- Marshall, B.A. 2002 Some Recent Thraciidae, Periplomatidae, Myochamidae, Cuspidariidae and Spheniopsidae (Anomalodesmata) from the New Zealand region and referral of Thracia reinga Crozier, 1966 and Scintillona benthicola Dell, 1956 to Tellimya Brown, 1827 (Montacutidae) (Mollusca : Bivalvia), Molluscan Research, 22 (p.223)
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.398)
- Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.31) 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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