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Taxonomy
Family:
LASAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Lasaeidae (Family)
> Borniola (Genus)
> profunda (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Byssobornia Iredale, 1936
=Rochefortula Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Rochefortula profunda Dell, 1952
Images: Borniola profunda (Dell, 1952)
Holotype of Rochefortula profunda, collected 24 Oct 1950, Challenger Plateau, W of North Island, NZ (M.005555). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Rochefortula profunda, collected 24 Oct 1950, Challenger Plateau, W of North Island, NZ (M.005555). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LASAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Lasaeidae (Family)
> Borniola (Genus)
> profunda (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Byssobornia Iredale, 1936
=Rochefortula Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Rochefortula profunda Dell, 1952
Details: Borniola profunda (Dell, 1952)
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.5mm, Height 1.2mm
Distribution:
Challenger Plateau, from 536m
Type Data:
  • 540 metres, Challenger Plateau, W of North Island, NZ, (holotype, holotype of Rochefortula profunda Dell, 1952, paratype)
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.391)
  • Dell, R.K. 1952 A deep water molluscan fauna from the Tasman Sea, Dominion Museum Records in Zoology, 1(10) (p.104) 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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