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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Parvamussium (Genus)
> vesiculatum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Propeamussium (Parvamussium)
Images: Parvamussium vesiculatum Dijkstra, 1995
Holotype, collected 30 Aug 1985, Southeastern New Caledonia. 7.6mm. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Parvamussium (Genus)
> vesiculatum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Propeamussium (Parvamussium)
Details: Parvamussium vesiculatum Dijkstra, 1995
Size/Grows to:
Height 7.6mm
Distribution:
West Norfolk Ridge, southern Kermadec Ridge, and northern New Zealand. Also Eastern Indonesia, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Norfolk Ridge, Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu, from 449-805m
Type Data:
  • 440-450 metres, Southeastern New Caledonia, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-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.12)
  • Dijkstra, H. 1995 Bathyal Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae) from New Caledonia and adjacent areas. Resultats des Campagnes Musorstom volume 14, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 167 (p.37) Original Description

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