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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 18-660m
Type Data:
  • 270 metres, Milford Sound, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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

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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