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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)
> trailli (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 trailli (Hutton, 1873)
=Neaera trailli Hutton, 1873 (basionym)
Images: Rhinoclama trailli (Hutton, 1873)
Dredged off Whangarei Heads, Northland. 19mm
Dredged off Whangarei Heads, Northland. 19mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CUSPIDARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily)
> Cuspidariidae (Family)
> Rhinoclama (Genus)
> trailli (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 trailli (Hutton, 1873)
=Neaera trailli Hutton, 1873 (basionym)
Details: Rhinoclama trailli (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Width 20mm, Height 12mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island. Dredged around 9-200 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFAn
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.437)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) (p.62) Original Description

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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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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