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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TELLINIDAE: TELLININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tellinidae (Family)
> Tellininae (Subfamily)
> Elliptotellina (Genus)
> urinatoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ascitellina Marwick, 1928
=Tellina (Elliptotellina) Cossmann, 1886
Synonymised Names:
=Tellina (Elliptotellina) urinatoria Suter, 1911
=Tellina urinatoria Suter, 1911
Images: Elliptotellina urinatoria (Suter, 1913)
Dredged off Otago Heads, NZ. 6mm
Dredged off Otago Heads, NZ. 6mm
Dredged Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 8mm
Dredged Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 8mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TELLINIDAE: TELLININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tellinidae (Family)
> Tellininae (Subfamily)
> Elliptotellina (Genus)
> urinatoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ascitellina Marwick, 1928
=Tellina (Elliptotellina) Cossmann, 1886
Synonymised Names:
=Tellina (Elliptotellina) urinatoria Suter, 1911
=Tellina urinatoria Suter, 1911
Details: Elliptotellina urinatoria (Suter, 1913)
Size/Grows to:
Width 10mm, Height 6mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank
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.419)
  • Suter, H. 1911 Mollusca. Part 2.– Pelecypoda and Brachiopoda. Scientific Results of the Government Trawling Expedition, Records of the Canterbury Museum, 1 (p.280) Original Description

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