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Taxonomy
Family:
CYAMIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cyamioidea (Superfamily)
> Cyamiidae (Family)
> Perrierina (Genus)
> subquadrangula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Perrierina (Perrierina) F. Bernard, 1897 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Perrierina subquadrangula Dell, 1952
Holotype, collected 6 Nov 1936, Mernoo Bank, W Chatham Rise, NZ (M.005497). 1.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 6 Nov 1936, Mernoo Bank, W Chatham Rise, NZ (M.005497). 1.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 7 Mar 1985, off Shelter Island No. 2, Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, NZ (M.143216). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 7 Mar 1985, off Shelter Island No. 2, Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, NZ (M.143216). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CYAMIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cyamioidea (Superfamily)
> Cyamiidae (Family)
> Perrierina (Genus)
> subquadrangula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Perrierina (Perrierina) F. Bernard, 1897 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Perrierina subquadrangula Dell, 1952
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.8mm, Height 1.4mm
Distribution:
Mernoo Bank, east of Cook Strait
Type Data:
  • 95 metres, Mernoo Bank, W Chatham Rise, NZ, (holotype, 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.402)
  • Dell, R.K. 1952 New marine Mollusca from the Cook Strait area and southern New Zealand., Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 79(2) (p.412) 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