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Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Adacnarca (Genus)
> ornata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hochstetterina Thiele, 1934
=Philobrya (Hochstetterina) Thiele, 1934
Synonymised Names:
=Austrosarepta ornata Crozier, 1966
=Lissarca ornata (Crozier, 1966)
Images: Adacnarca ornata (Crozier, 1966)
Holotype of Austrosarepta ornata, collected 15 Jul 1962, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.018482). 1.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Adacnarca (Genus)
> ornata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hochstetterina Thiele, 1934
=Philobrya (Hochstetterina) Thiele, 1934
Synonymised Names:
=Austrosarepta ornata Crozier, 1966
=Lissarca ornata (Crozier, 1966)
Details: Adacnarca ornata (Crozier, 1966)
Size/Grows to:
Length 1.8mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank and N of Three Kings Islands, from 291-805m
Type Data:
  • 800 metres, Three Kings Trough, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype of Austrosarepta ornata Crozier, 1966)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Huber, M. 2010 Compendium of Bivalves 1, ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany (p.541)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.369)
  • Crozier, M. 1966 New species and records of Mollusca from off the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand., Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 8 (p.41) 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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