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Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Adacnarca (Genus)
> pileopsis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hochstetterina Thiele, 1934
=Philobrya (Hochstetterina) Thiele, 1934
Synonymised Names:
=Lissarca pileopsis Powell, 1927
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Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Adacnarca (Genus)
> pileopsis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hochstetterina Thiele, 1934
=Philobrya (Hochstetterina) Thiele, 1934
Synonymised Names:
=Lissarca pileopsis Powell, 1927
Details: Adacnarca pileopsis (Powell, 1927)
Size/Grows to:
Length 1.3mm, Height 0.8mm
Distribution:
South-western South Island, from 311m
Type Data:
  • 310 metres, off Puysegur Point, Southland, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Huber, M. 2010 Compendium of Bivalves 1, ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany (p.591)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.369)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1927 Deep-water Mollusca from south-west Otago, with descriptions of 2 new genera and 22 new species., Records of the Canterbury Museum, 3 (p.120) 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