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Taxonomy
Family:
CYCLOCHLAMYDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cyclochlamydidae (Family)
> Cyclochlamys (Genus)
> mestayerae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Chlamydella mestayerae (Dell, 1956)
=Cyclopecten mestayerae Dell, 1956 (original combination)
Images: Cyclochlamys mestayerae Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected 8 Sep 1914, N of North Cape, NZ (M.009240). 2.9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CYCLOCHLAMYDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cyclochlamydidae (Family)
> Cyclochlamys (Genus)
> mestayerae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Chlamydella mestayerae (Dell, 1956)
=Cyclopecten mestayerae Dell, 1956 (original combination)
Details: Cyclochlamys mestayerae Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.9mm, Height 2.4mm
Distribution:
Northern Three Kings Rise, Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, northern North Island and off north-western South Island, from 73-622m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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