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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LUCINIDAE: LEUCOSPHAERINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Lucinida (Order)
> Lucinoidea (Superfamily)
> Lucinidae (Family)
> Leucosphaerinae (Subfamily)
> Gonimyrtea (Genus)
> concinna (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Loripes concinna Hutton, 1885 (original combination)
Images: Gonimyrtea concinna (Hutton, 1885)
Near Deep Water Cove, Bay of Islands, dredged 30 metres. 9mm. © rights reserved
Near Deep Water Cove, Bay of Islands, dredged 30 metres. 9mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LUCINIDAE: LEUCOSPHAERINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Lucinida (Order)
> Lucinoidea (Superfamily)
> Lucinidae (Family)
> Leucosphaerinae (Subfamily)
> Gonimyrtea (Genus)
> concinna (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Loripes concinna Hutton, 1885 (original combination)
Details: Gonimyrtea concinna (Hutton, 1885)
Size/Grows to:
Width 9.5mm, Height 8.5mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island and far northern South Island, from 18-805m
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)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1885 Descriptions of new Tertiary shells. Part 1, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 17 (p.323) 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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