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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)
> gemmulata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chlamys gemmulata (Reeve, 1853)
=Pecten (Chlamys) suteri Hertlein, 1933
=Pecten gemmeus Reeve, 1853
=Pecten gemmulatus Reeve, 1853
=Pecten radiatus Hutton, 1873
=Pecten sibyllae G.B. Sowerby III, 1882
Images: Talochlamys gemmulata (Reeve, 1853)
Colour variations dredged in Queen Charlotte Sound, NZ. 40mm
Colour variations dredged in Queen Charlotte Sound, NZ. 40mm
Colour variations dredged in Queen Charlotte Sound, NZ. 40mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PEDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Pedinae (Subfamily)
> Talochlamys (Genus)
> gemmulata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chlamys gemmulata (Reeve, 1853)
=Pecten (Chlamys) suteri Hertlein, 1933
=Pecten gemmeus Reeve, 1853
=Pecten gemmulatus Reeve, 1853
=Pecten radiatus Hutton, 1873
=Pecten sibyllae G.B. Sowerby III, 1882
Details: Talochlamys gemmulata (Reeve, 1853)
Size/Grows to:
Height 73mm, Width 68mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Trawled around 20-300 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFM
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.56)
  • Elliott, B.F. May/1994 Chlamys gemmulata, Poirieria, 17(1)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.378)

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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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