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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)
> tuhua (Species)
Images: Cuspidaria tuhua Dell, 1962
Holotype, collected 27 Feb 1957, off Mayor Island, NZ (M.015005). 15mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 27 Feb 1957, off Mayor Island, NZ (M.015005). 15mm. © 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)
> Cuspidaria (Genus)
> tuhua (Species)
Details: Cuspidaria tuhua Dell, 1962
Size/Grows to:
Width 15mm, Height 11mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands and north-eastern North Island, from 248-631m
Type Data:
  • 495 metres, E of Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype)
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)
  • Dell, R.K. 1962 Additional archibenthal Mollusca from New Zealand, Records of the Dominion Museum, 4(6) (p.67) 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
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