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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MACTRIDAE: MACTRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Mactroidea (Superfamily)
> Mactridae (Family)
> Mactrinae (Subfamily)
> Oxyperas (Genus)
> elongatum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Longimactra Finlay, 1928
=Mactra (Oxyperas) Mörch, 1853
=Mactra (Pseudoxyperas) Sacco, 1901
=Pseudoxyperas Sacco, 1901
Synonymised Names:
=Longimactra elongata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
=Longimactra elongata komakoensis R. M. Carter, 1972
=Mactra elongata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Mactra mariae A. Adams, 1856
=Mulinia notata Hutton, 1873
=Oxyperas elongata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Images: Oxyperas elongatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Rangaunu Bay, Northland, NZ. 90mm. © rights reserved
Rangaunu Bay, Northland, NZ. 90mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MACTRIDAE: MACTRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Mactroidea (Superfamily)
> Mactridae (Family)
> Mactrinae (Subfamily)
> Oxyperas (Genus)
> elongatum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Longimactra Finlay, 1928
=Mactra (Oxyperas) Mörch, 1853
=Mactra (Pseudoxyperas) Sacco, 1901
=Pseudoxyperas Sacco, 1901
Synonymised Names:
=Longimactra elongata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
=Longimactra elongata komakoensis R. M. Carter, 1972
=Mactra elongata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Mactra mariae A. Adams, 1856
=Mulinia notata Hutton, 1873
=Oxyperas elongata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Details: Oxyperas elongatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Size/Grows to:
Length 111mm, Width 65mm
Distribution:
King Bank and Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, far northern and eastern South Island, Stewart and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 0-293m
Notes:
Long Trough Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.414)

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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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