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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Parvamussium (Genus)
> cancellorum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Propeamussium (Parvamussium)
Images: Parvamussium cancellorum Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008
Holotype, collected 01 Jun 2003, Norfolk Ridge, NW of Cape Reinga, NZ (M.173000). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Parvamussium (Genus)
> cancellorum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Propeamussium (Parvamussium)
Details: Parvamussium cancellorum Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Width 7mm
Distribution:
Southern Norfolk Ridge and West Norfolk Ridge, from approx. 450-750 metres
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.6) 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