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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PECTININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Pectininae (Subfamily)
> Pecten (Genus)
> novaezelandiae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Pecten novaezelandiae rakiura Fleming, 1951
Images: Pecten novaezelandiae Reeve, 1852
Queen Scallop, commonly dredged in shallow water. 94mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PECTININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Pectininae (Subfamily)
> Pecten (Genus)
> novaezelandiae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Pecten novaezelandiae rakiura Fleming, 1951
Details: Pecten novaezelandiae Reeve, 1852
Size/Grows to:
Width 175mm, Height 150mm
Distribution:
King Bank, Three Kings Islands, North Island, northern and southern South Island, Stewart and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 0-188m
Notes:
Queen Scallop, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Eagle, M.K. Oct/2013 Note: a Sub-Fossil form of Pecten novaezelandiae from Oakura, Northland, Poirieria, 37 (p.2)
  • Dijkstra, H., Marshall, B.A. 2008 The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae), Molluscan Research, 28 (p.44)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.377)

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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