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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Limopsidae (Family)
> Limopsis (Genus)
> lata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pectunculina d'Orbigny, 1844
Synonymised Names:
=Limopsis (Aspalima) lata E.A. Smith, 1885
=Pectunculina lata (E.A. Smith, 1885)
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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Limopsidae (Family)
> Limopsis (Genus)
> lata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pectunculina d'Orbigny, 1844
Synonymised Names:
=Limopsis (Aspalima) lata E.A. Smith, 1885
=Pectunculina lata (E.A. Smith, 1885)
Details: Limopsis lata (E.A. Smith, 1885)
Size/Grows to:
Width 8.5mm, Height 8.5mm
Distribution:
Southern Lord Howe Rise, West Norfolk Ridge, Kermadec Ridge, eastern North Island, south-eastern South Island, Bounty Plateau, Bounty Trough, Chatham Rise and Challenger Plateau, from 432-1676m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.365)
  • Smith, E.A. 1885 Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by HMS Challenger during the years 1873-76, Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology, 13 (p.257) 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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