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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PEDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Pedinae (Subfamily)
> Talochlamys (Genus)
> dichroa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chlamys (Mimachlamys) taiaroa Powell, 1952
=Chlamys consociata E.A. Smith, 1915
=Pecten (Chlamys) dichrous Suter, 1909
Images: Talochlamys dichroa (Suter, 1909)
A deepwater species collected off Stewart Island, NZ. 42mm
(taiaroa form) - Off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ. 34mm
Holotype of Chalamys (Mimachlamys) taiaroa Powell, collected off Otago, NZ (MA71183). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Chalamys (Mimachlamys) taiaroa Powell, collected off Otago, NZ (MA71183). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Chalamys (Mimachlamys) taiaroa Powell, collected off Otago, NZ (MA71183). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Chalamys (Mimachlamys) taiaroa Powell, collected off Otago, NZ (MA71183). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PEDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Pedinae (Subfamily)
> Talochlamys (Genus)
> dichroa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chlamys (Mimachlamys) taiaroa Powell, 1952
=Chlamys consociata E.A. Smith, 1915
=Pecten (Chlamys) dichrous Suter, 1909
Details: Talochlamys dichroa (Suter, 1909)
Size/Grows to:
Height 48mm, Width 46mm
Distribution:
North, South, Chatham and southern Islands. In cod stomachs and trawled around 50-800 metres
Geographical Range:
KACFMAnE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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