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Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Adacnarca (Genus)
> trapezina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hochstetterina Thiele, 1934
=Philobrya (Hochstetterina) Thiele, 1934
Images: Adacnarca trapezina (F. Bernard, 1897)
Collected 1 Sep 1976, off Taieri, S of Dunedin, NZ (M.067017). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 1 Sep 1976, off Taieri, S of Dunedin, NZ (M.067017). © 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)
> trapezina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hochstetterina Thiele, 1934
=Philobrya (Hochstetterina) Thiele, 1934
Details: Adacnarca trapezina (F. Bernard, 1897)
Size/Grows to:
Length 1.5mm, Height 1.1mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island and Stewart Island, from 15-549m
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)
  • Bernard, F.R. 1897 Etudes comparatives sur la coquille des lamellibranches. II. Les genres Philobrya et Hochstetteria, Journal de Conchyliologie, 45(1) (p.18) 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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