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Taxonomy
Family:
CARDITIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Carditidae (Family)
> Hamacuna (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cuna otagoensis Powell, 1927
Images: Hamacuna otagoensis (Powell, 1927)
Collected Jul 1974, oyster beds off Ruapuke Island, Foveaux Strait, NZ (M.071879). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Jul 1974, oyster beds off Ruapuke Island, Foveaux Strait, NZ (M.071879). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CARDITIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Carditidae (Family)
> Hamacuna (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cuna otagoensis Powell, 1927
Details: Hamacuna otagoensis (Powell, 1927)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.5mm, Width 1.2mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island and Stewart Island, from approx. 35-220 metres
Geographical Range:
F
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.412)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1927 Deep-water Mollusca from south-west Otago, with descriptions of 2 new genera and 22 new species., Records of the Canterbury Museum, 3 (p.120) 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
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