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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)
> Plectodon (Genus)
> lepidus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cuspidaria (Plectodon) Carpenter, 1864
=Leiomya (Plectodon) Carpenter, 1865
Images: Plectodon lepidus B.A. Marshall, 2002
Holotype, collected 22 Jan 1979, off E side of Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.152682). 6.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 22 Jan 1979, off E side of Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.152682). 6.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 22 Jan 1979, off E side of Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.152682). 6.1mm. © 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)
> Plectodon (Genus)
> lepidus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cuspidaria (Plectodon) Carpenter, 1864
=Leiomya (Plectodon) Carpenter, 1865
Details: Plectodon lepidus B.A. Marshall, 2002
Size/Grows to:
Width 6.1mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island as far south as White Island, from 49-83m
Type Data:
  • 45-75 metres, off Twin Rocks, Bay of Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 60-75 metres, off E side of Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype)
  • 65-70 metres, off White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (paratype)
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.258) 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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