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Powellina brookesi Finlay, 1926Species Images
Karikari Peninsula, Far North. Under rocks at low tide. 13mm
Collected Jun 1971, Cemetary Point, Waihau Bay, NZ. (M.040053). 10mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Jun 1971, Cemetary Point, Waihau Bay, NZ. (M.040053). 10mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy: Powellina brookesi Finlay, 1926
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Archiheterodonta (Infraclass) > Carditida (Order) > Carditoidea (Superfamily) > Carditidae (Family) > Thecaliinae (Subfamily) > Powellina (Genus) > brookesi (Species)
Family: Subfamily:
CARDITIDAE: THECALIINAE
Synonymised Names:
=Cardita brookesi Finlay, 1926
Details: Powellina brookesi Finlay, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Width 13mm, Height 7mm
Distribution:
Northland to Bay of Plenty and East Cape. Under stones at low tide
Geographical Range:
AE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Huber, M. 2010 Compendium of Bivalves 1, ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany (p.654)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.406)
  • Finlay, H. 1927 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.459) 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil