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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)
> Austroneaera (Genus)
> brevirostris (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Rhinoclama (Austroneaera) Powell, 1937
Synonymised Names:
=Cuspidaria (Rhinoclama) brevirostris (Powell, 1937)
=Rhinoclama (Austroneaera) brevirostris (Powell, 1937)
Images: Austroneaera brevirostris Powell, 1937
Collected 2 Feb 1981, SE of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.144426). 4.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 2 Feb 1981, SE of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.144426). 4.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 2 Feb 1981, SE of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.144426). 4.4mm. © 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)
> Austroneaera (Genus)
> brevirostris (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Rhinoclama (Austroneaera) Powell, 1937
Synonymised Names:
=Cuspidaria (Rhinoclama) brevirostris (Powell, 1937)
=Rhinoclama (Austroneaera) brevirostris (Powell, 1937)
Details: Austroneaera brevirostris Powell, 1937
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.4mm, Height 2.9mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern North Island and south-western South Island, from 76-805m
Type Data:
  • 260 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
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.264)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.438)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.174) 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