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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)
> melchior (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Parvithracia (Parvithracia) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Parvithracia (Pseudoasthenothaerus) Kamenev, 2002 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Parvithracia (Pseudoasthenothaerus) melchior B.A. Marshall, 2002 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Parvithracia melchior B.A. Marshall, 2002
Holotype, collected 2 Feb 1981, SE of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.155110). 11.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 2 Feb 1981, SE of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.155110). 11.5mm. © 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)
> melchior (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Parvithracia (Parvithracia) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Parvithracia (Pseudoasthenothaerus) Kamenev, 2002 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Parvithracia (Pseudoasthenothaerus) melchior B.A. Marshall, 2002 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Parvithracia melchior B.A. Marshall, 2002
Size/Grows to:
Length 11.5mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands and off Cape Reinga. Also off Norfolk Island, from 93-805m
Type Data:
  • 100 metres, Middlesex Bank, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 550 metres, NE of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 170-180 metres, SE of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-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.237) 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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