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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)
Species 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:
Off Three Kings Islands, North Cape, Bay of Plenty and East Cape
Geographical Range:
AE.
Notes:
Marine, 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

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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