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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Cyclopecten (Genus)
> fluctuosus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclopecten)
=Pecten (Cyclopecten)
=Propeamussium (Cyclopecten)
=Xenamussium Oyama, 1944
Images: Cyclopecten fluctuosus Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008
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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Cyclopecten (Genus)
> fluctuosus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclopecten)
=Pecten (Cyclopecten)
=Propeamussium (Cyclopecten)
=Xenamussium Oyama, 1944
Details: Cyclopecten fluctuosus Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Height 6.5mm
Distribution:
Tasman Basin and Bounty Trough, 1373-2154 metres
Geographical Range:
F
Notes:
Marine, Native - 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.14) 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