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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)
> triangulare (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Notolepton triangulare Dell, 1956 (original combination)
Images: Neolepton triangulare (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Notolepton triangulare, collected 7 Feb 1954, NE of Kaingaroa, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009754). 2.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Notolepton triangulare, collected 7 Feb 1954, NE of Kaingaroa, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009754). 2.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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)
> triangulare (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Notolepton triangulare Dell, 1956 (original combination)
Details: Neolepton triangulare (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.6mm, Height 2.3mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King banks, Three Kings Islands, North Island, northern and eastern South Island, Chatham Islands and Chatham Rise. Intertidal to below 600 metres
Geographical Range:
ACM
Notes:
Marine, Native - 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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