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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CARDITIDAE: CUNINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Carditidae (Family)
> Cuninae (Subfamily)
> Cuna (Genus)
> carditelloides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mesocuna Laseron, 1953
=Particondyla Laseron, 1953
=Volupicuna Iredale, 1936
Images: Cuna carditelloides (Suter, 1911)
Collected 24 Oct 1950, Challenger Plateau, NZ (M.005553). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CARDITIDAE: CUNINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Carditidae (Family)
> Cuninae (Subfamily)
> Cuna (Genus)
> carditelloides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mesocuna Laseron, 1953
=Particondyla Laseron, 1953
=Volupicuna Iredale, 1936
Details: Cuna carditelloides (Suter, 1911)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.5mm, Height 3mm
Distribution:
Northern and southern North Island, eastern and south-western South Island, Auckland, Campbell and Chatham Islands, Challenger Plateau and Chatham Rise, from 60-803m
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.411)
  • Suter, H. 1911 Mollusca. Part 2.– Pelecypoda and Brachiopoda. Scientific Results of the Government Trawling Expedition, Records of the Canterbury Museum, 1 (p.278) 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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