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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TELLINIDAE: ARCOPAGIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tellinidae (Family)
> Arcopagiinae (Subfamily)
> Pseudarcopagia (Genus)
> disculus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Tellina (Pseudarcopagia) Bertin, 1878
=Zearcopagia Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Tellina disculus Deshayes, 1855
=Tellina sublenticularis G.B. Sowerby II, 1868
=Zearcopagia disculus (Deshayes, 1855)
Images: Pseudarcopagia disculus (Deshayes, 1855)
In beach drift, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 29mm
In beach drift, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 29mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TELLINIDAE: ARCOPAGIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tellinidae (Family)
> Arcopagiinae (Subfamily)
> Pseudarcopagia (Genus)
> disculus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Tellina (Pseudarcopagia) Bertin, 1878
=Zearcopagia Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Tellina disculus Deshayes, 1855
=Tellina sublenticularis G.B. Sowerby II, 1868
=Zearcopagia disculus (Deshayes, 1855)
Details: Pseudarcopagia disculus (Deshayes, 1855)
Size/Grows to:
Width 40mm, Height 35mm
Distribution:
Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands. Intertidal and immediate sublittoral
Geographical Range:
ACFM
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.418)
  • Deshayes, G.P. 1855 Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 22 (p.360) Original Description

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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