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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:
Northern North Island and Challenger Plateau. Also South eastern Australia, Tasman Sea, from 572-1029m
Type Data:
  • 750 metres, off Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, (holotype, syntype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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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

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