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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)
> raoulensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Rhinoclama (Austroneaera) Powell, 1937
Synonymised Names:
=Cuspidaria (Rhinoclama) raoulensis (Powell, 1958)
=Rhinoclama (Austroneaera) raoulensis (Powell, 1958)
Images: Austroneaera raoulensis Powell, 1958
Collected 28 Oct 1975, off Meyer Island, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands (M.225814). 3.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 28 Oct 1975, off Meyer Island, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands (M.225814). 3.8mm. © 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)
> raoulensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Rhinoclama (Austroneaera) Powell, 1937
Synonymised Names:
=Cuspidaria (Rhinoclama) raoulensis (Powell, 1958)
=Rhinoclama (Austroneaera) raoulensis (Powell, 1958)
Details: Austroneaera raoulensis Powell, 1958
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.8mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
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.268)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.214)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1958 Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Part 1, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 5(1) (p.78) 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil