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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Cyclopecten (Genus)
> kapalae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclopecten)
=Pecten (Cyclopecten)
=Propeamussium (Cyclopecten)
=Xenamussium Oyama, 1944
Images: Cyclopecten kapalae Dijkstra, 1990
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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Cyclopecten (Genus)
> kapalae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclopecten)
=Pecten (Cyclopecten)
=Propeamussium (Cyclopecten)
=Xenamussium Oyama, 1944
Details: Cyclopecten kapalae Dijkstra, 1990
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.6mm
Distribution:
Off North Island and northern South Island, New Zealand, 512-1573 metres. Also Southeastern Australia, Kermadec Islands, Lord Howe Rise, Norfolk Ridge
Geographical Range:
KACM
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.16)
  • Dijkstra, H., Marshall, B.A. 1997 Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae: Pectinidae) of Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and the Kermadec Islands, Molluscan Research, 18 (p.87)
  • Dijkstra, H. 1990 A new species of scallop from off New South Wales, Australia (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae), Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 11 (p.29) 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