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Taxonomy
Family:
THRACIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Thracioidea (Superfamily)
> Thraciidae (Family)
> Barythaerus (Genus)
> cuneatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Parvithracia cuneata Powell, 1937
Images: Barythaerus cuneatus (Powell, 1937)
Collected 24 Jun 1978, 22 km ENE of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.144363). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 24 Jun 1978, 22 km ENE of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.144363). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 24 Jun 1978, 22 km ENE of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.144363). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
THRACIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Thracioidea (Superfamily)
> Thraciidae (Family)
> Barythaerus (Genus)
> cuneatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Parvithracia cuneata Powell, 1937
Details: Barythaerus cuneatus (Powell, 1937)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.5mm, Height 3.7mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands and off Cape Reinga, from 48-805m
Type Data:
  • 90 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2002 Some Recent Thraciidae, Periplomatidae, Myochamidae, Cuspidariidae and Spheniopsidae (Anomalodesmata) from the New Zealand region and referral of Thracia reinga Crozier, 1966 and Scintillona benthicola Dell, 1956 to Tellimya Brown, 1827 (Montacutidae) (Mollusca : Bivalvia), Molluscan Research, 22 (p.232)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.434)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.174) Original Description

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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