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Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Cosa (Genus)
> costata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Hochstetteria costata F. Bernard, 1896
Images: Cosa costata (F. Bernard, 1896)
Dredged in 120-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 3mm. © rights reserved
Dredged in 120-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 3mm. © rights reserved
Syntype, collected 64 metres, off Stewart Island, NZ (USNM 107763). 3.2mm. © Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Syntype, collected 64 metres, off Stewart Island, NZ (USNM 107763). 3.2mm. © Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Cosa (Genus)
> costata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Hochstetteria costata F. Bernard, 1896
Details: Cosa costata (F. Bernard, 1896)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.5mm, Height 3.2mm
Distribution:
South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, Mernoo Bank and Pukaki Rise, from 0-555m
Type Data:
  • 64 metres, off Stewart Island, NZ, (syntype)
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.370)
  • Bernard, F.R. 1896 Diagnoses de coquilles nouvelles de Lamellibranches (genres Condylocardia et Hochstetteria), Bulletin du Muse´um d'histoire naturelle, 2(5) (p.194) 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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