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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)
> benthicola (Species)
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:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Lasaeidae (Family)
> Tellimya (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
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:
Off Chatham Islands, 600 metres, also off Bay of Plenty and South Island
Geographical Range:
ME.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
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

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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil