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Taxonomy
Family:
NEOLEPTONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Neoleptonidae (Family)
> Neolepton (Genus)
> antipodum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Kellia antipoda Filhol, 1880
=Kellia citrina Hutton, 1883
=Kellia sanguinea Hutton, 1883
=Neolepton sanguineum (Hutton, 1883)
=Notolepton antipodum (Filhol, 1880)
=Notolepton turneri Laws, 1950
Images: Neolepton antipodum (Filhol, 1880)
Dredged in 60 metres, Between Taiaroa Head and Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 2.1mm
Dredged in 60 metres, Between Taiaroa Head and Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 2.1mm
Dredged in 60 metres, Between Taiaroa Head and Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 2.5mm
Dredged in 60 metres, Between Taiaroa Head and Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 2.5mm
Taxonomy
Family:
NEOLEPTONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Neoleptonidae (Family)
> Neolepton (Genus)
> antipodum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Kellia antipoda Filhol, 1880
=Kellia citrina Hutton, 1883
=Kellia sanguinea Hutton, 1883
=Neolepton sanguineum (Hutton, 1883)
=Notolepton antipodum (Filhol, 1880)
=Notolepton turneri Laws, 1950
Details: Neolepton antipodum (Filhol, 1880)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.6mm, Height 3mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island as far north as Otago Peninsula, and Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands. Recorded from the intertidal zone (living on Corallina) down to at least 310m
Geographical Range:
KACFMAnR.Fo.
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.213)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.403)

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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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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