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Taxonomy
Family:
SPHENIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily)
> Spheniopsidae (Family)
> Grippina (Genus)
> globosa (Species)
Images: Grippina globosa B.A. Marshall, 2002
Holotype, collected 31 Jan 1981, Middlesex Bank, off Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.152672). 1.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 31 Jan 1981, Middlesex Bank, off Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.152672). 1.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SPHENIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily)
> Spheniopsidae (Family)
> Grippina (Genus)
> globosa (Species)
Details: Grippina globosa B.A. Marshall, 2002
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.4mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank and Three Kings Islands, from 100-550m
Type Data:
  • 250-300 metres, Middlesex Bank, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype, 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.278) 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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