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Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Ennucula (Genus)
> strangeiformis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nucula (Ennucula) Iredale, 1931
=Nuculoma Cossmann, 1907 (synonym)
Synonymised Names:
=Leionucula strangeiformis (Dell, 1956)
=Nucula strangeiformis Dell, 1956
Images: Ennucula strangeiformis (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Nucula strangeiformis, collected 10 Feb 1954, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009757). 5.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Nucula strangeiformis, collected 10 Feb 1954, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009757). 5.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
NUCULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculida (Order)
> Nuculoidea (Superfamily)
> Nuculidae (Family)
> Ennucula (Genus)
> strangeiformis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nucula (Ennucula) Iredale, 1931
=Nuculoma Cossmann, 1907 (synonym)
Synonymised Names:
=Leionucula strangeiformis (Dell, 1956)
=Nucula strangeiformis Dell, 1956
Details: Ennucula strangeiformis (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.6mm, Height 4.8mm
Distribution:
Eastern and south-western North Island, Challenger Plateau, north-eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 293-1194m
Type Data:
  • 475 metres, Chatham Rise, NZ, (holotype of Nucula strangeiformis Dell, 1956, paratype)
  • 475 metres, off Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ, (paratype)
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.357)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.9) 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