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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:
Colville Ridge, and Kermadec Islands, approx. 300-700 metres. Also South Africa, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu
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.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)

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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