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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PALLIOLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Palliolinae (Subfamily)
> Pseudamussium (Genus)
> challengeri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pecten (Pseudamusium)
=Pecten (Pseudamussium)
=Peplum Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889
=Platipecten Monterosato, 1899
Synonymised Names:
=Pecten challengeri E.A. Smith, 1891
=Veprichlamys challengeri (E.A. Smith, 1891)
Images: Pseudamussium challengeri (E.A. Smith, 1891)
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PALLIOLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Palliolinae (Subfamily)
> Pseudamussium (Genus)
> challengeri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pecten (Pseudamusium)
=Pecten (Pseudamussium)
=Peplum Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889
=Platipecten Monterosato, 1899
Synonymised Names:
=Pecten challengeri E.A. Smith, 1891
=Veprichlamys challengeri (E.A. Smith, 1891)
Details: Pseudamussium challengeri (E.A. Smith, 1891)
Size/Grows to:
Height 8.1mm
Distribution:
Off Hokianga, Mayor Island, Challenger Plateau, Westport and Greymouth, 570-1029 metres. Also South eastern Australia, Tasman Sea
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine
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.71)
  • Smith, E.A. 1891 Descriptions of new species of shells from the 'Challenger' expedition, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (p.443) Original Description

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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