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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Parvamussium (Genus)
> thetidis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Propeamussium (Parvamussium)
Synonymised Names:
=Amusium thetidis Hedley, 1902
=Ctenamusium salacon Iredale, 1929
Images: Parvamussium thetidis (Hedley, 1902)
Collected 28 Oct 1975, E of Chanter Islets, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands (M.225529). 7.6mm. © 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)
> Parvamussium (Genus)
> thetidis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Propeamussium (Parvamussium)
Synonymised Names:
=Amusium thetidis Hedley, 1902
=Ctenamusium salacon Iredale, 1929
Details: Parvamussium thetidis (Hedley, 1902)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7.6mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Ridge. Also south-eastern Africa, Andaman Islands, Indonesian Archipelago, Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Australia and Lord Howe Rise
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.7)
  • 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.80)

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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