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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)
> Zygochlamys (Genus)
> delicatula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chlamys (Zygochlamys) Ihering, 1907
=Myochlamys (Zygochlamys) Ihering, 1907
=Psychrochlamys Jonkers, 2003
Synonymised Names:
=Chlamys campbellicus Odhner, 1924
=Chlamys instar Iredale, 1925
=Chlamys subantarctica Hedley, 1916
=Chlamys titirangiensis Marwick, 1928
=Pecten delicatula Hutton, 1873
Images: Zygochlamys delicatula (Hutton, 1873)
Trawled off eastern South Island, NZ. 66mm. © rights reserved
Trawled off eastern South Island, NZ. © rights reserved
Trawled off eastern South Island, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PEDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Pedinae (Subfamily)
> Zygochlamys (Genus)
> delicatula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chlamys (Zygochlamys) Ihering, 1907
=Myochlamys (Zygochlamys) Ihering, 1907
=Psychrochlamys Jonkers, 2003
Synonymised Names:
=Chlamys campbellicus Odhner, 1924
=Chlamys instar Iredale, 1925
=Chlamys subantarctica Hedley, 1916
=Chlamys titirangiensis Marwick, 1928
=Pecten delicatula Hutton, 1873
Details: Zygochlamys delicatula (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Width 60mm, Height 60mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands (old shells), Cook Strait, eastern South Island, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Bounty Islands, Pukaki Rise, Chatham Rise and Macquarie Island, from 6-457m
Type Data:
  • Castlepoint, Wairarapa, NZ, (lectotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-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.63)
  • Hayward, B.W., Morley, M.S. 2005 Zonation and biogeography of the intertidal biota of Subantarctic Campbell and Auckland Islands, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 42 (p.30)
  • Beu, A.G. 1999 Fossil records of the cold-water scallop Zygochlamys delicatula (Mollusca: Bivalvia) off northernmost New Zealand. How cold was the Last Glacial maximum?, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 42(4) (p.543)
  • Beu, A.G. 1985 Pleistocene Chlamys patagonica delicatula (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) off southeastern Tasmania, and history of its species group in the Southern Ocean, South Australian Department of Mines and Energy, 5 (p.4)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.379)
  • Pantin, H.M. 1963 The significance of a living Chlamys delicatula (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from Cook Strait, New Zealand Journal of Science, 6(4) (p.507)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum, Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington (p.30) 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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