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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
GLYCYMERIDAE: GLYCYMERINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Arcoidea (Superfamily)
> Glycymeridae (Family)
> Glycymerinae (Subfamily)
> Glycymeris (Genus)
> modesta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Glycymeris (Glycymerula) Finlay & Marwick, 1937 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Axinaea modesta Angas, 1879
=Glycymeris (Glycymerula) modesta (Angas, 1879) accepted, alternate representation
=Glycymeris velutina Suter, 1908
=Pectunculus striatularis Lamarck, 1818 sensu Reeve, 1843
Images: Glycymeris modesta (Angas, 1879)
Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 23mm. © rights reserved
Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 23mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
GLYCYMERIDAE: GLYCYMERINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Arcoidea (Superfamily)
> Glycymeridae (Family)
> Glycymerinae (Subfamily)
> Glycymeris (Genus)
> modesta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Glycymeris (Glycymerula) Finlay & Marwick, 1937 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Axinaea modesta Angas, 1879
=Glycymeris (Glycymerula) modesta (Angas, 1879) accepted, alternate representation
=Glycymeris velutina Suter, 1908
=Pectunculus striatularis Lamarck, 1818 sensu Reeve, 1843
Details: Glycymeris modesta (Angas, 1879)
Size/Grows to:
Width 26mm, Height 24mm
Distribution:
King Bank and Three Kings Islands, Cape Reinga, north-eastern and south-western North Island, far northern and southern South Island, Stewart and Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank, from 0-805m
Notes:
Small Dog Cockle, Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.366)

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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