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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)
> Mysella (Genus)
> tellinula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Calvitium Laseron, 1953
=Rochefortia Vélain, 1877
=Virmysella Iredale, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Montacuta tellinula Odhner, 1924
Images: Mysella tellinula (Odhner, 1924)
Collected 16 Sep 1971, Te Hapua, Parengarenga Harbour, NZ (M.049528). 3.8mm. © 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)
> Mysella (Genus)
> tellinula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Calvitium Laseron, 1953
=Rochefortia Vélain, 1877
=Virmysella Iredale, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Montacuta tellinula Odhner, 1924
Details: Mysella tellinula (Odhner, 1924)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.2mm, Height 4.2mm
Distribution:
North Island. North Cape to Ahipara
Geographical Range:
AE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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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
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