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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, from 75-660m
Type Data:
  • 550 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, NE of Otago Peninsula, NZ, (holotype)
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

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