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Taxonomy
Family:
VESICOMYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Glossoidea (Superfamily)
> Vesicomyidae (Family)
> Vesicomya (Genus)
> bruuni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Callocardia (Vesicomya) Dall, 1886
Synonymised Names:
=Kelliella bruuni (Filatova, 1969)
Images: Vesicomya bruuni Filatova, 1969
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Taxonomy
Family:
VESICOMYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Glossoidea (Superfamily)
> Vesicomyidae (Family)
> Vesicomya (Genus)
> bruuni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Callocardia (Vesicomya) Dall, 1886
Synonymised Names:
=Kelliella bruuni (Filatova, 1969)
Details: Vesicomya bruuni Filatova, 1969
Size/Grows to:
Height 7.2mm, Width 6.6mm
Distribution:
Northern NZ, Kermadec Trench 5900-9200 metres
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Knudsen, J. 1970 The systematics and biology of abyssal and hadal Bivalvia, Galathea Report, 11 (p.107)
  • Filatova, Z.A. 1969 About deep-sea bivalve molluscs from the trench Kermadec (Pacific Ocean), Bulletin of the Moscow Society of Naturalists; Biology, 74(3) (p.44) 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