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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)
> Isoconcha (Genus)
> integra (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austroturquetia Cotton, 1930
=Benthoquetia Iredale, 1930
=Isoconcha (Benthoquetia) Iredale, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Benthoquetia integra (Hedley, 1907)
=Turquetia integra Hedley, 1907
Images: Isoconcha integra (Hedley, 1907)
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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)
> Isoconcha (Genus)
> integra (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austroturquetia Cotton, 1930
=Benthoquetia Iredale, 1930
=Isoconcha (Benthoquetia) Iredale, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Benthoquetia integra (Hedley, 1907)
=Turquetia integra Hedley, 1907
Details: Isoconcha integra (Hedley, 1907)
Size/Grows to:
Width 6mm, Height 3.5mm
Distribution:
Eastern North Island, eastern South Island, Chatham Rise and Campbell Island. Also South Australia to New South Wales. Commensal, attached to the external surface of the holothurian Mesothuria lactea, from 589-1017m
Type Data:
  • 460 metres, 25 miles E of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.406)
  • Hedley, C. 1907 The results of deep-sea investigation in the Tasman Sea. II. The expedition of the “Woy Woy”. 2. Mollusca from eight hundred fathoms, thirty-five miles east of Sydney, Records of the Australian Museum, 6(5) (p.364) 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