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Taxonomy
Family:
CYCLOCHLAMYDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cyclochlamydidae (Family)
> Cyclochlamys (Genus)
> austrina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys) Finlay, 1926
Images: Cyclochlamys austrina Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008
Holotype, collected 31 May 1997, Bradshaw Basin floor, Bradshaw Sound, Fiordland, NZ (M.155885). 2.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CYCLOCHLAMYDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cyclochlamydidae (Family)
> Cyclochlamys (Genus)
> austrina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys) Finlay, 1926
Details: Cyclochlamys austrina Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.4mm
Distribution:
South-western South Island (Fiordland) and Antipodes Islands, from 113-415m
Notes:
Marine, Native - 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.24) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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