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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
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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
Geographical Range:
CFM
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

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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