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Taxonomy
Family:
BATHYSPINULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Bathyspinulidae (Family)
> Bathyspinula (Genus)
> calcar (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acutispinula Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Bathyspinula (Acutispinula) Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Bathyspinula (Bathyspinula) Allen & H. L. Sanders, 1982 Sanders & Allen, 1982
=Spinula Dall, 1908
=Spinula (Bathyspinula) Sanders & Allen, 1982
Synonymised Names:
=Bathyspinula (Acutispinula) calcar (Dall, 1908)
=Leda (Spinula) calcar Dall, 1908
=Leda calcar Dall, 1908
=Spinula calcar (Dall, 1908)
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Taxonomy
Family:
BATHYSPINULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Bathyspinulidae (Family)
> Bathyspinula (Genus)
> calcar (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acutispinula Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Bathyspinula (Acutispinula) Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Bathyspinula (Bathyspinula) Allen & H. L. Sanders, 1982 Sanders & Allen, 1982
=Spinula Dall, 1908
=Spinula (Bathyspinula) Sanders & Allen, 1982
Synonymised Names:
=Bathyspinula (Acutispinula) calcar (Dall, 1908)
=Leda (Spinula) calcar Dall, 1908
=Leda calcar Dall, 1908
=Spinula calcar (Dall, 1908)
Details: Bathyspinula calcar (Dall, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Width 18.6mm, Height 10.3mm
Distribution:
Widely distributed in the Pacific. Kermadec Trench, from 4540m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Knudsen, J. 1970 The systematics and biology of abyssal and hadal Bivalvia, Galathea Report, 11 (p.37)
  • Dall, W.H. 1908 Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross,' during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross', from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 43(6) (p.378) 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