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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, from approx. 450-800 metres. Also Eastern Indonesia, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Norfolk Ridge, Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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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