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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)
> regalis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cuspidaria (Plectodon) Carpenter, 1864
=Leiomya (Plectodon) Carpenter, 1865
Images: Plectodon regalis B.A. Marshall, 2002
Holotype, collected 19 Feb 1974, off North-east Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.152684). 6.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 19 Feb 1974, off North-east Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.152684). 6.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 19 Feb 1974, off North-east Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.152684). 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)
> regalis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cuspidaria (Plectodon) Carpenter, 1864
=Leiomya (Plectodon) Carpenter, 1865
Details: Plectodon regalis B.A. Marshall, 2002
Size/Grows to:
Width 6.1mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands and off Cape Reinga, from 88-805m
Type Data:
  • 100 metres, Middlesex Bank, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 120-130 metres, King Bank, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 140-160 metres, Middlesex Bank, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 200-210 metres, Middlesex Bank, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 510 metres, 13 km N of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 250-300 metres, Middlesex Bank, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 310 metres, NW of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 100 metres, off North East Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 91 metres, off North-east Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
  • 190-200 metres, S of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 100 metres, NW of Cape Reinga, NZ, (paratype)
  • 120 metres, SE of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 120 metres, WNW of Cape Reinga, NZ, (paratype)
  • 120 metres, S of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, 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.261) 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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