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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SOLEMYIDAE: ACHARACINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Solemyida (Order)
> Solemyoidea (Superfamily)
> Solemyidae (Family)
> Acharacinae (Subfamily)
> Acharax (Genus)
> clarificata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Solemya (Acharax) Dall, 1908
Images: Acharax clarificata (Dell, 1995)
SE of Cape Kidnappers, 1098-1104 metres (M.316970). 73mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
SE of Cape Kidnappers, 1098-1104 metres (M.316970). 73mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Sub-adult specimen, NE of Cape Turnagain (M.316969). 67.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 14 Jan 1979, off Clarence River mouth, NZ (M.059662). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SOLEMYIDAE: ACHARACINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Solemyida (Order)
> Solemyoidea (Superfamily)
> Solemyidae (Family)
> Acharacinae (Subfamily)
> Acharax (Genus)
> clarificata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Solemya (Acharax) Dall, 1908
Details: Acharax clarificata (Dell, 1995)
Size/Grows to:
Length 87mm, Width 32mm
Distribution:
Off Aldermen Islands, 366-549 metres, Northern Mernoo Slope, Chatham Rise, 683-703 metres, Off Clarence River mouth, 1104-1099 metres
Geographical Range:
ACM
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Walton, K. 2015 New Zealand living Solemyidae (Bivalvia: Protobranchia), Molluscan Research, 35(4) (p.247)
  • Dell, R.K. 1995 New species and records of deep-water Mollusca from off New Zealand, Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2 (p.2) 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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