Search
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CARDITIDAE: VENERICARDIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Carditidae (Family)
> Venericardiinae (Subfamily)
> Purpurocardia (Genus)
> reinga (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Venericardia reinga Powell, 1933
Images: Purpurocardia reinga (Powell, 1933)
In beach drift, Far North, NZ. 27mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected by W.H. Webster, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (MA70822). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected by W.H. Webster, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (MA70822). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CARDITIDAE: VENERICARDIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Carditidae (Family)
> Venericardiinae (Subfamily)
> Purpurocardia (Genus)
> reinga (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Venericardia reinga Powell, 1933
Details: Purpurocardia reinga (Powell, 1933)
Size/Grows to:
Width 32mm, Height 24mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, Cook Strait, and north-eastern South Island, from 0-622m
Type Data:
  • Cape Maria van Diemen, 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.407)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1933 New pelecypod Mollusca from northern New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 20(5) (p.202) 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
Recently Viewed