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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Cyclopecten (Genus)
> powelli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclopecten)
=Pecten (Cyclopecten)
=Propeamussium (Cyclopecten)
=Xenamussium Oyama, 1944
Images: Cyclopecten powelli Dell, 1956
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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Cyclopecten (Genus)
> powelli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclopecten)
=Pecten (Cyclopecten)
=Propeamussium (Cyclopecten)
=Xenamussium Oyama, 1944
Details: Cyclopecten powelli Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Height 7.5mm, Width 7mm
Distribution:
Challenger Plateau and off western South Island, trawled in approx. 500-1450 metres
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.19)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.380)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.23) Original Description

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*88 © NIWA

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