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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Propeamussium (Genus)
> meridionale (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pecten (Propeamussium) de de Gregorio, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Amussium meridionale E.A. Smith, 1885
=Parvamussium meridionale (E.A. Smith, 1885)
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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Propeamussium (Genus)
> meridionale (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pecten (Propeamussium) de de Gregorio, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Amussium meridionale E.A. Smith, 1885
=Parvamussium meridionale (E.A. Smith, 1885)
Details: Propeamussium meridionale (E.A. Smith, 1885)
Size/Grows to:
Height 9mm
Distribution:
New Zealand, Southern Ocean, Southern Indian Ocean, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu, Lord Howe Rise, and Norfolk Ridge. West Norfolk Ridge, Kermadec Ridge, Three Kings Rise, Tasman Basin and Bounty Trough. Living at 619-5440 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-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