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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PEDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Pedinae (Subfamily)
> Austrochlamys (Genus)
> natans walosseki (Species)
Images: Austrochlamys natans walosseki Jonkers, 2003
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PEDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Pedinae (Subfamily)
> Austrochlamys (Genus)
> natans walosseki (Species)
Details: Austrochlamys natans walosseki Jonkers, 2003
Size/Grows to:
Height 108mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South America and off Auckland Islands, southern New Zealand, from 490-510m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Dijkstra, H., Marshall, B.A. 2008 The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae), Molluscan Research, 28 (p.50)
  • Jonkers, H. 2003 Late Cenozoic - Recent Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the Southern Ocean and neighbouring regions, Monographs of Marine Mollusca, Backhuys, Leiden, Netherlands, 5 (p.61) 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