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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)
Off Port Adventure, Stewart Island, NZ. 42mm. © rights reserved
(taiaroa form) - Off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ. 34mm. © rights reserved
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:
Wanganella, Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, off Cape Reinga, Ranfurly Bank, eastern South Island, Stewart, Snares, Campbell and Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank. In cod stomachs and trawled, from 20-805m
Type Data:
  • 180 metres, off Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (syntype of Chlamys consociata E.A. Smith, 1915)
  • 90-130 metres, off Otago, NZ, (holotype of Chlamys (Mimachlamys) taiaroa Powell, 1952)
  • Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, NZ, (lectotype of Pecten (Chlamys) dichrous Suter, 1909, paralectotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Dijkstra, H., Marshall, B.A. 2008 The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae), Molluscan Research, 28 (p.51)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.378)
  • Suter, H. 1909 Description of new species and subspecies of New Zealand Mollusca, with notes on a few species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.264) 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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