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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)
> Parvithracia (Genus)
> suteri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Parvithracia (Parvithracia) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Parvithracia (Pseudoasthenothaerus) Kamenev, 2002 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Montacuta triquetra Suter, 1913
Images: Parvithracia suteri (Finlay, 1927)
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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)
> Parvithracia (Genus)
> suteri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Parvithracia (Parvithracia) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Parvithracia (Pseudoasthenothaerus) Kamenev, 2002 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Montacuta triquetra Suter, 1913
Details: Parvithracia suteri (Finlay, 1927)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5mm, Height 4.8mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Auckland Islands and Chatham Rise, from 37-1235m
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.234)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.434)
  • Finlay, H. 1927 New specific names for Austral Mollusca, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 57 (p.529) Original Description

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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