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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)
> pruinosus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cuspidaria (Plectodon) Carpenter, 1864
=Leiomya (Plectodon) Carpenter, 1865
Images: Plectodon pruinosus B. A. Marshall, 2002
Holotype, collected 31 Jan 1981, Middlesex Bank, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.152683). 6.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 31 Jan 1981, Middlesex Bank, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.152683). 6.2mm. © 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)
> pruinosus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cuspidaria (Plectodon) Carpenter, 1864
=Leiomya (Plectodon) Carpenter, 1865
Details: Plectodon pruinosus B. A. Marshall, 2002
Size/Grows to:
Width 6.2mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands and off Spirits Bay, from 68-710m
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.259) Original Description

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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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