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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
Near Deep Water Cove, Bay of Islands, dredged 30 metres. 9mm
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:
North Island. Northland to Cook Strait. From 30 to about 180 metres
Geographical Range:
ACE.
Notes:
Marine, 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

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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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