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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Limatula (Genus)
> insularis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Stabilima Iredale, 1939
=Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. C.A. Fleming, 1978 accepted, alternate representation
=Limatuletta C.A. Fleming, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Lima kermadecensis Thiele, 1920
Images: Limatula insularis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
Collected 1910, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (M.212479). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Limatula (Genus)
> insularis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Stabilima Iredale, 1939
=Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. C.A. Fleming, 1978 accepted, alternate representation
=Limatuletta C.A. Fleming, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Lima kermadecensis Thiele, 1920
Details: Limatula insularis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Huber, M. 2010 Compendium of Bivalves 1, ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany (p.638)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.212)
  • Oliver, W.R.B. 1915 The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47 (p.554) 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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