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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Limopsidae (Family)
> Limopsis (Genus)
> tasmani (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pectunculina d'Orbigny, 1844
Synonymised Names:
=Limopsis (Aspalima) tasmani Dell, 1956
=Pectunculina tasmani Dell, 1956
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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Limopsidae (Family)
> Limopsis (Genus)
> tasmani (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pectunculina d'Orbigny, 1844
Synonymised Names:
=Limopsis (Aspalima) tasmani Dell, 1956
=Pectunculina tasmani Dell, 1956
Details: Limopsis tasmani (Dell, 1956)
Geographical Range:
ACFMAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G. 2006 Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 2. Biostratigraphically useful and new Pliocene to Recent bivalves, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 36 (p.179)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 Some new off-shore Mollusca from New Zealand., Records of the Dominion Museum, 3(1) (p.32) Original Description

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