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Taxonomy
Family:
CUSPIDARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily)
> Cuspidariidae (Family)
> Rhinoclama (Genus)
> aupouria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cuspidaria (Rhinoclama) Dall & E. A. Smith, 1886
=Leiomya (Rhinoclama) Dall & E. A. Smith, 1886
=Neaera (Rhinomya) A. Adams, 1864
=Rhinoclama (Rhinoclama) Dall & E. A. Smith, 1886
=Rhinomya A. Adams, 1864
Synonymised Names:
=Cuspidaria aupouria Dell, 1950 (original combination)
Images: Rhinoclama aupouria (Dell, 1950)
Holotype of Cuspidaria aupouria, collected 8 Sep 1914, off North Cape, Far North, NZ (M.004726). 18mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Cuspidaria aupouria, collected 8 Sep 1914, off North Cape, Far North, NZ (M.004726). 18mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CUSPIDARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily)
> Cuspidariidae (Family)
> Rhinoclama (Genus)
> aupouria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cuspidaria (Rhinoclama) Dall & E. A. Smith, 1886
=Leiomya (Rhinoclama) Dall & E. A. Smith, 1886
=Neaera (Rhinomya) A. Adams, 1864
=Rhinoclama (Rhinoclama) Dall & E. A. Smith, 1886
=Rhinomya A. Adams, 1864
Synonymised Names:
=Cuspidaria aupouria Dell, 1950 (original combination)
Details: Rhinoclama aupouria (Dell, 1950)
Size/Grows to:
Width 18mm, Height 11mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 20-805m
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.436)
  • Dell, R.K. 1950 Notes on the taxonomy and distribution of some New Zealand Mollusca with description of four new species, Dominion Museum Records in Zoology, 1(3) (p.21) 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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