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Taxonomy
Family:
CYCLOCHLAMYDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cyclochlamydidae (Family)
> Cyclochlamys (Genus)
> irregularis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys) Finlay, 1926
Images: Cyclochlamys irregularis Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008
Holotype, collected 26 Jan 1981, off Whangaroa Bay, NZ (M.183889). 3mm. © 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)
> irregularis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys) Finlay, 1926
Details: Cyclochlamys irregularis Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Width 3mm, Height 1.8mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Poor Knights Islands, from 20-805m
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.28) 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