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Taxonomy
Family:
BASTEROTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Basterotiidae (Family)
> Anisodonta (Genus)
> pseudoscintilla (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anisodonta (Anisodonta) Deshayes, 1857 accepted, alternate representation
=Anisodonta (Austrosportella) Ponder, 1971 accepted, alternate representation
=Anisodonta (Tahunanuia) Powell, 1952 accepted, alternate representation
=Tahunanuia Powell, 1952
Synonymised Names:
=Anisodonta (Austrosportella) pseudoscintilla Ponder, 1971 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Anisodonta pseudoscintilla Ponder, 1971
Holotype, collected 23 Jan 1957, Taiaroa Canyon, off E Otago Peninsula, NZ (M.021767). 7.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 23 Jan 1957, Taiaroa Canyon, off E Otago Peninsula, NZ (M.021767). 7.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
BASTEROTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Basterotiidae (Family)
> Anisodonta (Genus)
> pseudoscintilla (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anisodonta (Anisodonta) Deshayes, 1857 accepted, alternate representation
=Anisodonta (Austrosportella) Ponder, 1971 accepted, alternate representation
=Anisodonta (Tahunanuia) Powell, 1952 accepted, alternate representation
=Tahunanuia Powell, 1952
Synonymised Names:
=Anisodonta (Austrosportella) pseudoscintilla Ponder, 1971 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Anisodonta pseudoscintilla Ponder, 1971
Size/Grows to:
Width 7.3mm, Height 4.7mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
FM
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.406)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1971 Some New Zealand and subantarctic bivalves of the Cyamiacea and Leptonacea with descriptions of new taxa, Records of the Dominion Museum, 7 (p.131) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil