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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)
> ampla (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Parvithracia (Parvithracia) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Parvithracia (Pseudoasthenothaerus) Kamenev, 2002 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Parvithracia ampla B. A. Marshall, 2002
Holotype, collected 16 Jan 1954, Saunders Canyon, off Otago Head, NZ (M.009125). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 16 Jan 1954, Saunders Canyon, off Otago Head, NZ (M.009125). 3mm. © 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)
> Parvithracia (Genus)
> ampla (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Parvithracia (Parvithracia) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Parvithracia (Pseudoasthenothaerus) Kamenev, 2002 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Parvithracia ampla B. A. Marshall, 2002
Size/Grows to:
Width 3mm, Height 2.5mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands, North, South Islands and Chatham Rise. Trawled around 35-1000 metres
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.235) 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
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