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Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Cratis (Genus)
> delicatula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cosatova Iredale, 1939
=Denticosa Iredale, 1930
Images: Cratis delicatula Powell, 1937
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Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Cratis (Genus)
> delicatula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cosatova Iredale, 1939
=Denticosa Iredale, 1930
Details: Cratis delicatula Powell, 1937
Size/Grows to:
Height 3mm, Width 2.4mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, off Cape Reinga and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as East Cape, from 7-805m
Type Data:
  • 260 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
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.371)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.166) 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