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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:
North, South, Stewart, Chatham, Bounty and Auckland Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFMAnE.
Notes:
Marine, 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

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