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Taxonomy
Family:
CUSPIDARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily)
> Cuspidariidae (Family)
> Pseudoneaera (Genus)
> wellmani (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cuspidaria (Pseudoneaera) Sturany, 1901
Synonymised Names:
=Austroneaera wellmani C.A. Fleming, 1948
Images: Pseudoneaera wellmani (Fleming, 1948)
Collected in 1969, in 30 fathoms, off Castlepoint, Hawkes Bay, NZ. Width 6mm
Collected in 1969, in 30 fathoms, off Castlepoint, Hawkes Bay, NZ. Width 6mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CUSPIDARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily)
> Cuspidariidae (Family)
> Pseudoneaera (Genus)
> wellmani (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cuspidaria (Pseudoneaera) Sturany, 1901
Synonymised Names:
=Austroneaera wellmani C.A. Fleming, 1948
Details: Pseudoneaera wellmani (Fleming, 1948)
Size/Grows to:
Width 7mm, Height 5mm
Distribution:
North and South Island, dredged around 7-60 metres
Geographical Range:
ACF
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.437)
  • Fleming, C.A. 1948 New Species and Genera of Marine Mollusca from the Southland Fiords, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 77(1) (p.82) Original Description

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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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