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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)
> zelandiae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chlamys celator Finlay, 1928
=Chlamys suprasilis Finlay, 1928
=Chlamys suprasilis crepusculi Fleming, 1948
=Chlamys zeelandona (Hertlein, 1931)
=Chlamys zelandiae (Gray, 1843)
=Pecten dieffenbachi Reeve, 1853
=Pecten imparicostatus Bavay, 1905
=Pecten laetus A.A. Gould, 1850
=Pecten zeelandonus Hertlein, 1931
=Pecten zelandiae Gray, 1843
Images: Talochlamys zelandiae (Gray, 1843)
20 metres, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 36mm. © rights reserved
20 metres, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 36mm. © rights reserved
20 metres, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 36mm. © rights reserved
20 metres, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 36mm. © rights reserved
20 metres, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 36mm. © rights reserved
(zeelandona form) - Under rocks below low tide, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 22mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PEDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Pedinae (Subfamily)
> Talochlamys (Genus)
> zelandiae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chlamys celator Finlay, 1928
=Chlamys suprasilis Finlay, 1928
=Chlamys suprasilis crepusculi Fleming, 1948
=Chlamys zeelandona (Hertlein, 1931)
=Chlamys zelandiae (Gray, 1843)
=Pecten dieffenbachi Reeve, 1853
=Pecten imparicostatus Bavay, 1905
=Pecten laetus A.A. Gould, 1850
=Pecten zeelandonus Hertlein, 1931
=Pecten zelandiae Gray, 1843
Details: Talochlamys zelandiae (Gray, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Height 58mm, Width 55mm
Distribution:
Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 0-1006m
Type Data:
  • Port Chalmers, Dunedin, NZ, (type of Chlamys suprasilis Finlay, 1928)
Notes:
Fan Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic, Often encased in sponge
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.58)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.379)

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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