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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)
> Cuspidaria (Genus)
> morelandi (Species)
Images: Cuspidaria morelandi Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected 01 Feb 1954, east of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009199). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 01 Feb 1954, east of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009199). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected in 600 metres, Papanui Canyon, off East Otago Head, NZ. 18mm
Collected in 600 metres, Papanui Canyon, off East Otago Head, NZ. 18mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CUSPIDARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily)
> Cuspidariidae (Family)
> Cuspidaria (Genus)
> morelandi (Species)
Details: Cuspidaria morelandi Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Width 25mm, Height 16mm
Distribution:
South Island. Off eastern Otago and Chatham Islands, trawled around 240-550 metres
Geographical Range:
FME.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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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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