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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PECTININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Pectininae (Subfamily)
> Pecten (Genus)
> raoulensis (Species)
Images: Pecten raoulensis Powell, 1958
Collected in 30 metres, off Meyer Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (MA78573). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected in 30 metres, off Meyer Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (MA78573). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PECTININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Pectininae (Subfamily)
> Pecten (Genus)
> raoulensis (Species)
Details: Pecten raoulensis Powell, 1958
Distribution:
Raoul and Curtis Islands, Kermadec Islands, from 30-146m
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.46)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.212)
  • 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.93)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1958 Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Part 1, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 5(1) (p.67) 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
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