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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Sinepecten (Genus)
> segonzaci (Species)
Images: Sinepecten segonzaci Schein, 2006
1000-1200 metres, Northern Kermadec Ridge, NZ. 20mm. Image: K. Walton, rights reserved
1000-1200 metres, Northern Kermadec Ridge, NZ. 20mm. Image: K. Walton, rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Sinepecten (Genus)
> segonzaci (Species)
Details: Sinepecten segonzaci Schein, 2006
Size/Grows to:
Height 24mm
Distribution:
Manus back-arc basin, Papua-New Guniea, and Brothers volcano, southern Kermadec Ridge
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.41)
  • Schein, E. 2006 A new deep-sea pectinid bivalve from thermal vents of Manus back-arc Basin (south-western Pacific), Sinepecten segonzaci n. gen., n. sp. (Pectinoidea: Pectinidae) and its relationships with the genera Bathypecten and Catillopecten, Zootaxa, 1135 (p.5) 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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