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Taxonomy
Family:
VERTICORDIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Verticordioidea (Superfamily)
> Verticordiidae (Family)
> Spinosipella (Genus)
> deshayesiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Iphigenia O.G. Costa, 1850
=Verticordia (Spinosipella) Iredale, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Spinosipella ericia (Hedley, 1911)
=Verticordia deshayesiana P. Fischer, 1862
=Verticordia ericia Hedley, 1911
=Verticordia japonica A. Adams, 1862
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Taxonomy
Family:
VERTICORDIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Verticordioidea (Superfamily)
> Verticordiidae (Family)
> Spinosipella (Genus)
> deshayesiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Iphigenia O.G. Costa, 1850
=Verticordia (Spinosipella) Iredale, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Spinosipella ericia (Hedley, 1911)
=Verticordia deshayesiana P. Fischer, 1862
=Verticordia ericia Hedley, 1911
=Verticordia japonica A. Adams, 1862
Details: Spinosipella deshayesiana (P. Fischer, 1862)
Size/Grows to:
Width 6.5mm, Height 6mm
Distribution:
South and Central Indo-Pacific in 146-805 metres. Off Three Kings Islands, 800 metres. Also off South Australia 180 metres
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Simone, L.R.L., Cunha, C.M. 2008 Revision of the genus Spinosipella (Bivalvia: Verticordiidae), with descriptions of two new species from Brazil, The Nautilus, 122(2) (p.64)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.435)

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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