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Taxonomy
Family:
CONDYLOCARDIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Condylocardiidae (Family)
> Condylocardia (Genus)
> pectinata chathamensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hippella Mörch, 1861
=Radiocondyla Iredale, 1936
Synonymised Names:
=Condylocardia chathamensis Powell, 1933
Images: Condylocardia pectinata chathamensis Powell, 1933
Holotype, collected Feb 1933, in shell sand, Waitangi, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70197). 1.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Feb 1933, in shell sand, Waitangi, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70197). 1.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
CONDYLOCARDIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Condylocardiidae (Family)
> Condylocardia (Genus)
> pectinata chathamensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hippella Mörch, 1861
=Radiocondyla Iredale, 1936
Synonymised Names:
=Condylocardia chathamensis Powell, 1933
Details: Condylocardia pectinata chathamensis Powell, 1933
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.5mm, Height 1.4mm
Distribution:
Southern North Island, south-western South Island and Chatham Islands. 0-415 metres
Geographical Range:
CFM
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.408)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1933 The marine Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1 (p.189) Original Description

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

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