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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Propeamussium (Genus)
> sibogai (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pecten (Propeamussium) de de Gregorio, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Amussium sibogai Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1904
Images: Propeamussium sibogai (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1904)
Collected S New Caledonia. (MNHN). 55.1mm. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Propeamussium (Genus)
> sibogai (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pecten (Propeamussium) de de Gregorio, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Amussium sibogai Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1904
Details: Propeamussium sibogai (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1904)
Size/Grows to:
Height 60mm
Distribution:
South Africa, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Colville Ridge, and Kermadec Islands, 183-710 metres
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
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.5)
  • 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.79)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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