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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CARDITIDAE: THECALIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Carditidae (Family)
> Thecaliinae (Subfamily)
> Powellina (Genus)
> brookesi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cardita brookesi Finlay, 1926
Images: Powellina brookesi Finlay, 1926
Under rocks at low tide, Karikari Peninsula, Far North, NZ. 13mm. © rights reserved
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
Family: Subfamily:
CARDITIDAE: THECALIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Carditidae (Family)
> Thecaliinae (Subfamily)
> Powellina (Genus)
> brookesi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cardita brookesi Finlay, 1926
Details: Powellina brookesi Finlay, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Width 13mm, Height 7mm
Distribution:
King Bank, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as East Cape. Under stones, from 0-622m
Notes:
Marine, Native - 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. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.459) Original Description

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

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
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