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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Arcoidea (Superfamily)
> Arcidae (Family)
> Bathyarca (Genus)
> cybaea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Arca (Bathyarca) Kobelt, 1891
=Bathyarca (Bathyarca) Kobelt, 1891 accepted, alternate representation
=Microcucullaea Iredale, 1929
=Thronacar Iredale, 1939
Images: Bathyarca cybaea Hedley, 1906
Pandora Bank, Far North, 50 metres. 4mm. © rights reserved
Pandora Bank, Far North, 50 metres. 4mm. © rights reserved
Lectotype, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001893). 4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001893). 4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
ARCIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Arcoidea (Superfamily)
> Arcidae (Family)
> Bathyarca (Genus)
> cybaea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Arca (Bathyarca) Kobelt, 1891
=Bathyarca (Bathyarca) Kobelt, 1891 accepted, alternate representation
=Microcucullaea Iredale, 1929
=Thronacar Iredale, 1939
Details: Bathyarca cybaea Hedley, 1906
Size/Grows to:
Length 4mm, Height 3mm
Distribution:
North and South Island, Challenger Plateau, Auckland and Antipodes Islands and Chatham Rise, from 37-1000m
Type Data:
  • 200 metres, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (lectotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.365)
  • Hedley, C. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.71) 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
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