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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)
> Altenaeum (Genus)
> charcoti (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Kellia lamyi Melvill & Standen, 1907
=Kellyia australis Lamy, 1906
=Montaguia charcoti Lamy, 1906
=Montaguia turqueti Lamy, 1906
=Mysella charcoti (Lamy, 1906)
=Tellimya flavida Preston, 1916
=Tellimya minima Thiele, 1912
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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)
> Altenaeum (Genus)
> charcoti (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Kellia lamyi Melvill & Standen, 1907
=Kellyia australis Lamy, 1906
=Montaguia charcoti Lamy, 1906
=Montaguia turqueti Lamy, 1906
=Mysella charcoti (Lamy, 1906)
=Tellimya flavida Preston, 1916
=Tellimya minima Thiele, 1912
Details: Altenaeum charcoti (Lamy, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.5mm, Height 2.5mm
Distribution:
Macquarie Islands. Also South Georgia, South Shetland Islands, South Orkney Islands, Palmer Archipelago and Kerguelen Islands
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.395)

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