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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Propeamussium (Genus)
> investigatoris (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pecten (Propeamussium) de de Gregorio, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Amussium investigatoris E.A. Smith, 1906
=Amussium margaritiferum Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912
=Propeamussium (Parvamussium) margaritiferum (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)
=Propeamussium maorium (Dell, 1956)
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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Propeamussium (Genus)
> investigatoris (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pecten (Propeamussium) de de Gregorio, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Amussium investigatoris E.A. Smith, 1906
=Amussium margaritiferum Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912
=Propeamussium (Parvamussium) margaritiferum (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)
=Propeamussium maorium (Dell, 1956)
Details: Propeamussium investigatoris (E.A.Smith, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 13mm
Distribution:
Off Mayor Island, 388-550 metres, off White Island, 292-477 metres off Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, 530-567 metres
Geographical Range:
KA
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.2)
  • Dijkstra, H., Maestrati, P. 2008 New species and new records of deep-water Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the South Pacific, in HÉROS V., COWIE R. H. & BOUCHET P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 196 (p.82)
  • Dijkstra, H. 2001 Bathyal Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from Wallis and Fortuna Islands, Vanuatu Archipelago and New Caledonia. In: Bouchet, P., & Marshall, B.A. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, Volume 22, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 185 (p.75)
  • Smith, E.A. 1906 Natural history notes from R.I.M.S. 'Investigator.' Series 3, No. 10. On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 7(18) (p.255) 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