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Holotype, collected 01 Feb 1954, E of Forty Fours, NZ. (M.009199). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa CC BY-NC-ND
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Key to 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 approxomation 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced

Cuspidaria morelandi Dell, 1956

Classification:Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily) > Cuspidariidae (Family) > Cuspidaria (Genus)
Family:CUSPIDARIIDAE
Size/Grows to:Width 25mm, Height 16mm
Distribution:South Island. Off eastern Otago and Chatham Islands, trawled around 240-550 metres
Geographical Range:[FM]
Notes:
Endemic
 
References and Publications:
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.436)

Note: Localities are approximate, and represent only some of the known localities for the species.

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