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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Cyclopecten (Genus)
> kermadecensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclopecten)
=Pecten (Cyclopecten)
=Propeamussium (Cyclopecten)
=Xenamussium Oyama, 1944
Synonymised Names:
=Pecten kermadecensis E.A. Smith, 1885
Images: Cyclopecten kermadecensis (E.A. Smith, 1885)
Collected 5 Apr 1973, NNE of Herald Islets, Kermadec Islands (M.220131). 7.5mm. © 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)
> Cyclopecten (Genus)
> kermadecensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclopecten)
=Pecten (Cyclopecten)
=Propeamussium (Cyclopecten)
=Xenamussium Oyama, 1944
Synonymised Names:
=Pecten kermadecensis E.A. Smith, 1885
Details: Cyclopecten kermadecensis (E.A. Smith, 1885)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7.5mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Ridge, 1097-1225 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.18)
  • 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.88)
  • Smith, E.A. 1885 Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by HMS Challenger during the years 1873-76, Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology, 13 (p.302) 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