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Taxonomy
Family:
GALEOMMATIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Galeommatidae (Family)
> Scintillona (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Spaniorinus zelandicus Odhner, 1924 (original combination)
Images: Scintillona zelandica (Odhner, 1924)
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Taxonomy
Family:
GALEOMMATIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Galeommatidae (Family)
> Scintillona (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Spaniorinus zelandicus Odhner, 1924 (original combination)
Details: Scintillona zelandica (Odhner, 1924)
Size/Grows to:
Width 6mm, Height 4mm
Distribution:
North-eastern and southern North Island, northern, eastern and south-western South Island, and Stewart and Auckland Islands. Attached to holothurian, Trochodonta dendyi, from 0-311m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.398)
  • Odhner, N.H. 1924 Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. XIX. New Zealand Mollusca, Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn, 77 (p.78) Original Description

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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