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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LUCINIDAE: CODAKIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Lucinida (Order)
> Lucinoidea (Superfamily)
> Lucinidae (Family)
> Codakiinae (Subfamily)
> Lucinoma (Genus)
> galathea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Myrtea (Lucinoma) Dall, 1901
=Phacoides (Lucinoma) Dall, 1901
=Triodonta Gray, 1851
Synonymised Names:
=Lucinoma marwicki Dell, 1953
Images: Lucinoma galathea Marwick, 1953
Collected 13 Nov 1975, head of Northeast Harbour, Campbell Island, NZ (M.048743). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LUCINIDAE: CODAKIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Lucinida (Order)
> Lucinoidea (Superfamily)
> Lucinidae (Family)
> Codakiinae (Subfamily)
> Lucinoma (Genus)
> galathea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Myrtea (Lucinoma) Dall, 1901
=Phacoides (Lucinoma) Dall, 1901
=Triodonta Gray, 1851
Synonymised Names:
=Lucinoma marwicki Dell, 1953
Details: Lucinoma galathea Marwick, 1953
Size/Grows to:
Width 50mm, Height 48mm
Distribution:
North, South, Auckland, Campbell and Chatham Islands and Chatham Rise. From around 20-660 metres
Geographical Range:
CFMAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.385)
  • Marwick, J. 1953 A Pliocene fossil found living by the Galathea expedition, New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology, 35(1) (p.111) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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