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Taxonomy
Family:
SEMELIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Semelidae (Family)
> Leptomya (Genus)
> retiaria (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Leptomya perconfusa Iredale, 1915
=Macoma suteri E.A. Smith, 1898
=Tellina lintea Hutton, 1873 (non Conrad, 1837)
=Tellina retiaria Hutton, 1885
Images: Leptomya retiaria (Hutton, 1885)
Syntype of Leptomya perconfusa Iredale, 1915; syntype of Tellina lintea Hutton, 1873, collected NZ (M.000330). 22mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Leptomya perconfusa Iredale, 1915; syntype of Tellina lintea Hutton, 1873, collected NZ (M.000330). 22mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SEMELIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Semelidae (Family)
> Leptomya (Genus)
> retiaria (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Leptomya perconfusa Iredale, 1915
=Macoma suteri E.A. Smith, 1898
=Tellina lintea Hutton, 1873 (non Conrad, 1837)
=Tellina retiaria Hutton, 1885
Details: Leptomya retiaria (Hutton, 1885)
Size/Grows to:
Width 20mm, Height 15mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Auckland Islands, from 0-640m
Type Data:
  • Castlecliff, Wanganui, NZ (Fossil), (holotype)
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.420)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1885 Descriptions of new Tertiary shells. Part 1, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 17 (p.322) 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
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